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Bovine Growth Hormones
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» Bovine Growth Hormone: Harmless For Humans  - U.S. Food & Drug Administration article on bovine growth hormone and safety for human consumption.
» Consumers Union: U.S. and Europe Agree to Disagree on Safety of Dairy Hormone - Report on a decision by the U.N.'s main food safety body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, not to endorse recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH), due to lack of consensus in the scientific community on its safety.
» FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove "Hormone Free" Claims From the Labeling Of Dairy Products - Press release about the false advertising of such labeling.
» HungerStrike Central - Statements by Richard Cohen, who went on a 205 day hunger strike to protest the introduction of milk from bGH-treated cows into the American food chain. Sharply critical of Monsanto and the FDA's actions.
» International Dairy Foods Association Position on Bovine Somatotropin - IDFA position paper on biotechnology and BST, including Questions and Answers section.
» Milk and the Cancer Connection - Comprehensive review of the link between cancer and milk from cows treated with bovine growth hormone at Victoria's 'Net-Active' Community.
» Oakhurst Sued by Monsanto Over Milk Advertising - Monsanto says the claim by Oakhurst Dairy of Portland that its milk doesn't contain any artificial growth hormones which implies that it is safer or of higher quality is essentially misleading.
» Posilac 1 Step Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) - Information about genetically-engineered bovine somatotropin, or bST, a natural protein produced in the pituitary glands of all cattle and it helps adult cows produce milk.
» Science News Online: Hormones in Your Milk - Report about the non-rBGH dairies the FDA warned about mislabeling and Monsanto's lawsuit against one of them.
» U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Press Release on the Approval of Sometribove - Formal report on the approval of milk from bST-treated cows for human consumption in the US, including the conclusion that milk from treated cows is indistinguishable from milk from non-treated cows, the added risk of mastitis, and the manufacturer's agre
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