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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . In Britain, where the disease has killed 170,000 cows and at least 24 people since 1985, the beef industry has been crippled and confidence in government has plummeted because no one took adequate measures to control the disease. Additional human deaths are now expected in Britain because millions of people ate contaminated beef for a decade before authorities acknowledged that mad cow disease could endanger public health. Mink are included in the FDA's ban because they can get a disease similar to mad cow disease. FDA says its ban is adequate because no cows in the U.S. have ever been confirmed with mad cow disease, nor is there evidence that any humans in the U.S. have been affected.