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A Pathological Review of Controversy Over U.S. Beef Imports and BSE Risk Perception in Korea

  • Crisisonomy
  • Abbr : KRCEM
  • 2018, 14(9), pp.121-132
  • DOI : 10.14251/crisisonomy.2018.14.9.121
  • Publisher : Crisis and Emergency Management: Theory and Praxis
  • Research Area : Social Science > Public Policy > Public Policy in general
  • Received : July 31, 2018
  • Accepted : September 17, 2018
  • Published : September 30, 2018

Se Hyeon Han 1 Joon Seok Park 2

1SBS
2주홍콩한국대사관

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ABSTRACT

The Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis (BSE), also called as ‘Mad Cow Disease’, outbreaks created fear and social conflict in 2008 and 2012 in Korea, and their impacts still remain present. Therefore, the Korean government must raise public understanding of BSE issues by providing the accurate scientific data and implement reasonable and effective policies for socially acceptable solutions. We examined the pathological aspects of BSE by a review of the literature, including news articles. We focused on the five key controversies over BSE-infected beef from U.S. from a science communication perspective, such as (1) association between degenerative brain disease and vCJD, (2) prevalence of human vCJD, (3) risk of vCJD infection associated with beef from 30-month-old cattle, (4) establishment of SRM range, and (5) the review of claims that Koreans are genetically susceptible to CJD.

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