Top: Society: Issues: Science and Technology: Biotechnology: Genetics: Genetically Modified Food: Bovine Growth Hormones (10) See Also: Society: Issues: Business: Allegedly Unethical Firms: Monsanto Society: Lifestyle Choices: Veganism: Criticisms of Dairy Products: Bovine Growth Hormones "Monsanto`s Hormonal Milk Poses Serious Risks of Breast Cancer" - Allegations by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Professor of Environmental Medicine at the University of Illinois School of Public Health. (Hormonal milk is unlabelled, so you may be drinking it.) Milk Safety - RACHEL's Environment and Health Weekly #454 - on safety of milk from cows given bovine growth hormones (BGH). US FDA article on Bovine Growth Hormone - U.S. Food & Drug Administration article on bovine growth hormone and safety for humans. 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. 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. 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. 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 agreement to conduct follow-up studies on drug residues in milk. 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. Health Canada Expert Panel on Human safety of rbST - Summary and conclusions of Health Canada's report on human safety of rbST, with links to full report. International Dairy Foods Association Position on Bovine Somatotropin - IDFA position paper on biotechnology and BST, including Questions and Answers section.

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Bovine Growth Hormones