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Re:Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions... by astatine on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:00AM (#28244100)
Changing the feeding pattern of cows enmasse will clearly have no side effects. None at all /s Anyone remember the mad-cow disease and the causes?
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Re:Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions... by garmaine on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:42AM (#28244330)
It was caused by feeding cows beef. You can’t spread prions by feeding them seaweed.
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Re:Feeding cows seaweed cuts 99% of greenhouse gas emissions... by kwhitefoot on Friday August 20, 2021 @05:52AM (#28244385)
> You can’t spread prions by feeding them seaweed.

No one said you could. I imagine that the concern is that some unforeseen effect might happen just as prion disease was unforeseen. Or indeed that some foreseen effect might be neglected or deliberately hidden from the consumer.

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