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Mad Cow Testing
In an age where nation security has risen to a higher level than ever seen before in the United States, Americans would like to think that from this rise in security that they are in fact a lot safer from occurring threats. Increased airport security, low tolerance for any kind of weapon, real or fake, in schools, and fighting wars against terrorism are just some of the few forms of the nation's actions to help secure its homeland. Hopefully Americans can now go to a peaceful restaurant with their families and eat without the worry of any serious danger happening…or could they? What if the biggest risk of going out to eat was not being robbed or shot but rather becoming fatally ill by eating contaminated meat that the restaurant had no way of even determining? This can be a realistic future in the United States because of the major lack of testing of cattle for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (also known as mad cow disease or BSE) in slaughterhouses.......

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