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The 'food scare' concept took on new meaning in 1996, which opened with variant CJD emerging as the human form of BSE, and closed with Britain's worst E.coli O157 outbreak in central Scotland. As people died, so did trust in government and science. This book tells the story of these events, what led up to them, and what has happened since. It breaks new ground by dissecting these tragedies alongside catastrophes like Aberfan, Piper Alpha, Chernobyl, and the worst ever railway accidents in Ireland and Britain (Armagh and Quintinshill), as well as classical outbreaks of botulism, typhoid, E.coli O157 and Salmonella food poisoning. Britain's ability to win the Nobel prizes marches with a propensity to have disasters. The book explains why, demonstrating failures in policy making, failures in the application of science and failing inspectorates. A unique feature of this book is its breadth since it covers history, politics, and law as well as science. It also makes some fascination connections, like those between 1930's nuclear physics, E.coli, and molecular biology, and the links between manslaughter in 19th century mental hospitals, syphilis, the Nobel Prize, and the prospects for successfully treating variant CJD. Royal murderers, vaccine research in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, and the race to develop the atom bomb appear as well. For the general reader, its non-technical but authoritative account of the science behind these tragedies, its critical appraisal of how the government responded to them, its coverage of public inquiries and its analysis of risk will be informative and stimulating. Scientists will find its approach to the prion theory and the origins of BSE challenging and controversial. Policy makers will find not only diagnoses of what went wrong in the past, but remedies for the future.
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Professor T.H. Pennington is Head of Department of Medical Microbiology, and a frequent commentator on radio and television where his opinion is sought on a wide range of infectious diseases ranging from necrotising fasciitis (the infamous and much-hyped flesh eating bacteria) to smallpox.
His particular expertise lies in the science of food poisoning and the links between science, policy and the media.
He is perhaps best known for the Pennington Group Report, on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli O157 in Central Scotland. Pennington led the independent inquiry that was set up at the time, amidst a blaze of publicity.
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His particular expertise lies in the science of food poisoning and the links between science, policy and the media.
He is perhaps best known for the Pennington Group Report, on the circumstances leading to the 1996 outbreak of infection with E.coli O157 in Central Scotland. Pennington led the independent inquiry that was set up at the time, amidst a blaze of publicity.
`Hugh Pennington is that all too rare being, a top-grade scientist who writes like a dream. This book deserves to be widely read.'
THES
`I think it is a marvellous idea. There is no readable guide to recent disasters of this kind.'
Ms Edwina Currie, Department of Health, 1986-1988
`I am sure this will make an excellent volume, and very good reading.'
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Chief Medical Officer, 1991-1998
`Consumers' interest in food is at an all time high...However, there is also a great deal of misinformation in the general media. Hugh Pennington's reputation for independence and sound science will carry weight with the target audience.'
Ms Sheila McKechnie, Director, Consumers' Association
THES
`I think it is a marvellous idea. There is no readable guide to recent disasters of this kind.'
Ms Edwina Currie, Department of Health, 1986-1988
`I am sure this will make an excellent volume, and very good reading.'
Professor Sir Kenneth Calman, Chief Medical Officer, 1991-1998
`Consumers' interest in food is at an all time high...However, there is also a great deal of misinformation in the general media. Hugh Pennington's reputation for independence and sound science will carry weight with the target audience.'
Ms Sheila McKechnie, Director, Consumers' Association
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