Congressional leaders skeptical of South Korea trade deal. The United States and South Korea on Saturday signed the largest free trade deal for Washington since the North American Free Trade Agreement in 1992, though Democratic leaders in Congress warned that they would not approve it. [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]

P.E.I. cattle industry gets $3.8M to meet new mad cow rules (CBC Prince Edward Island) The federal and P.E.I. governments will spend $3.8 million to help the Island's cattle industry comply with new guidelines aimed at reducing the risk of mad-cow disease. [News Source]

Yorkshire scientists make breakthrough on Alzheimer’s (Yorkshire Post Today) NATURAL proteins similar to those which cause mad cow disease could protect people from Alzheimer's disease, scientists from Yorkshire have discovered. (30/06/2007 09:45:49) [News Source]

HemoBioTech eyes India market (BizJournals) HemoBioTech Inc. continues to advance its plans to sell a human blood substitute. [News Source]

Humane Society of US again scaring people away from good diets? (AG Weekly) The Humane Society of the U.S. has, for years, been trying to frighten people away from consuming meat, milk and eggs -- but its recent testimony before a congressional committee reached a new low when the HSUS president, Wayne Pacelle, made the unsupported claim that pigs could be harboring the infamous and deadly British ‘mad cow” disease. [News Source]