Letters to the Editor
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Like so many widgets
"This enzyme...could solve one of the major environmental problems associated with industrial pig farms...Scientists at Virginia Tech are trying to clone cattle that would be genetically incapable of developing mad cow disease, a deadly brain-wasting illness spread by feeding cows, normally herbivores, the meat and bone meal of infected cattle."
So this is basically the superhigh-tech way of conforming food animals to factory production. Essentially the same as pumping cows full of antibiotics because their stomachs aren't designed to eat pounds of grain, but rather grass. And instead of cleaning up the manure ponds, they'll just make sure the pig poo that seeps into your well water has less phosphorus - how nice.
I don't expect this pork or beef to be very tasty, just cheap!