Probe of Possible Mad Cow Deaths Urged
The U.S. senators from New Jersey have requested a federal investigation into whether mad cow disease caused the deaths of more than a dozen people since the late 1980s, a spokesman said.
Sens. Frank R. Lautenberg and Jon Corzine, both Democrats, asked the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to probe the deaths of 13 people who were believed to have contracted naturally occurring Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from 1988 to 1992.
The 13 people who died attended or worked at a racetrack in Cherry Hill, N.J.
A CDC spokeswoman said the agency was reviewing the letter, but it was too soon to tell whether an investigation was necessary.
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