Search OCA Get Local!  Two Women Against Mad Cow Disease
November 1, 2001 Good Housekeeping by Lisa Belkin  So far, the
deadly disease has not surfaced here. But if there were a case,
would it be detected in time to stop the spread? Two women on
the front lines say, DON'T STEAK YOUR LIFE ON IT!  By Lisa
Belkin  Mad cow disease-that mysterious killer that is neither
virus nor bacteria-hops and jumps its way across Europe,
decimating herds in Britain, France, Ireland, Italy, Belgium,
Portugal, Switzerland, Germany, and Spain. As it travels, we in
America sit and wait. Beneath our jitters lies a wavering layer
of trust: It can't happen here. Can it? Scientists are on top of
this. Aren't they? Our superior health-care and agricultural-
screening systems will protect us. Right?  Cele Sardo and Mayra
Lichter aren't so sure. Sardo is a 64-year-old former secretary
from Pembroke Pines, Florida. Lichter, 44, is a former federal
prosecutor from nearby Miami. Neither has any scientific
background, certainly nothing that