Have you considered that you might get mad cow disease from fish? A new report suggests…

“… farmed fish could transmit Creutzfeldt Jakob disease–commonly known as mad cow disease–if they are fed by products rendered from cows. The scientists urge government regulators to ban feeding cow meat or bone meal to fish until the safety of this common practice can be confirmed. We have not proven that it’s possible for fish to transmit the disease to humans. Still, we believe that out of reasonable caution for public health, the practice of feeding rendered cows to fish should be prohibited,” Friedland said. “Fish do very well in the seas without eating cows,” he added.

And just when you thought it was safe to get in the water……?