“The first cases of BSE or ‘mad cow disease’ could have been caused by animal feed contaminated with human remains, says a controversial theory.
Some raw materials for fertiliser and feed imported from South Asia in the 60s and 70s contained human bones and soft tissue, the Lancet reports. Bone collectors could have picked up the remains of corpses deposited in the Ganges river to sell for export.
If infected with prion diseases, they could have been the source for BSE.” (BBC)
