France may ban beef cut from spine
The French Agriculture Ministry is considering whether to ban certain cuts of meat on the bone to elimate the possibility that "mad cow" disease could be transmitted to humans through contact with
The French Agriculture Ministry is considering whether to ban certain cuts of meat on the bone to elimate the possibility that "mad cow" disease could be transmitted to humans through contact with
Some biologists say that American hunters should be warned about a malady similar to mad cow disease that has infected hundreds of wild deer and elk in parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The malady is
The first cases of foot-and-mouth disease were confirmed in the Republic of Ireland. Two cases were confirmed in the Cooley Peninsula in County Louth, about 50 miles north of Dublin, Prime Minister
The European Commissioner for consumer affairs, David Byrne, stepped into France's crisis over "mad cow" disease Thursday and urged the French not to give way to mass panic. He said France had an
The Sundarbans in Bangladesh, the world's largest mangrove forest and tiger reserve, is under threat. If a pending deal to exploit petroleum reserves beneath the forest goes through, a rich ecosystem
The United States faced accusations Monday of seeking loopholes to avoid cutting pollution, as a United Nations conference charged with setting the rules for reducing harmful gases released into the
The European Commission said Monday that it would ask EU member states to carry out "comprehensive" testing of cattle as a further measure to check the danger of "mad cow" disease. "European
Hunger now afflicts 830 million people throughout the world because of natural disasters, armed conflict and a grinding poverty that consigns the poor to chronic malnutrition, the UN World Food
The highly contagious Ebola virus has emerged in northern Uganda, killing at least 31 people in the first recorded outbreak in three years, the Ministry of Health said in a
A Virginia power company, accused of violating clean-air standards and contributing to acid rain and smog in the U.S. Northeast, has agreed to a landmark legal settlement requiring that it cut