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5 results found for '"Animal diseases"' in Keywords.
John Gummer says British beef is safe (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Speech
Andrew Neil Breakfast. Agriculture Minister John Gummer states that British beef is safe (despite the presence of BSE in the British herd) and may still be eaten safely by everyone. He is backed up by the...
Mad cow carcases dumped near drinking water source (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Norwich South MP, John Garrett is calling for an inquiry into the dumping of cow carcasses close to the source of drinking water supplies to more than a quarter of a million people. Residents fear the water...
Scientist warns of human mad cow link (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
A leading scientist is claiming that people are dying from an illness linked to mad cow disease. Dr Gareth Roberts says Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is often mistaken for Alzheimer’s disease, or...
John Gummer tells Commons there is nothing wrong with British beef (1990)
- Genre
- News report; Speech
Shadow Agriculture Minister Dr David Clark denies calling Agriculture Minister John Gummer a lout. Gummer has insisted in the House of Commons that there is nothing wrong with British beef. Tony Banks takes...
Gruinard Island returned to residents (1990)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
World War II has at last come to an end for a small island off the north-west corner of Scotland. Gruinard was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence for wartime experiments in germ warfare, and has since...