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Genetic Roulette
The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods
by Jeffrey M. Smith
Read Genetic Roulette Excerpt: Summary of the Health Dangers of rBGH"
What’s
In Your Milk?
by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the DANGERS of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You’re Drinking
From the Book:
Monsanto, supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), insists that rBGH milk is indistinguishable from natural milk, and that it is safe for consumers. This is blatantly false:
- rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to about 20 toxic effects, including mastitis, on its POSILAC label.
- rBGH milk is contaminated by pus, due to the mastitis commonly induced by rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
- rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), which is readily absorbed through the gut.
- Excess levels of IGF-1 have been incriminated as a cause of breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
- IGF-1 blocks natural defense mechanisms against early submicroscopic cancers.
- rBGH factory farms pose a major threat to the viability of small dairy farms.
- rBGH enriches Monsanto, while posing dangers, without any benefits, to consumers.
Consumer Victory: Monsanto to Dump rBGH!
What is rBGH?
rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone) is a genetically engineered variant of the natural growth hormone produced by cows. Manufactured by Monsanto, it is sold to dairy farmers under the trade name Posilac. Injection of this hormone forces cows to boost milk production by about 10%, while increasing the incidences of mastitis, lameness, and reproductive complications.
Monsanto has been lobbying sta
te legislatures and departments of agriculture around the country to harass dairies that won't use Posilac. Monsanto wants to take away dairies' right to tell consumers they're rBGH-free. Please go to the following OCA state action centers to learn more and take action:
Recent rBGH News Stories
- 11/19/08 - Wal-Mart Dumping Bovine Growth Hormone
- 11/16/08 - The Wolff in the USDA Henhouse: Obama Team Apparently Considering Another Monsanto Booster for Appointment
- 11/11/08 - Subway Bans Milk from Cows Injected with rBGH
- 08/25/08 - Farmers Pleased Monsanto is Getting Out of Cow Hormone Business
- 08/21/08 - Eli Lilly's Acquisition of rBGH: OCA Pledges to Pressure the Drug Giant & 'Tarnish Their Image'
- 08/21/08 - More on Elanco Buying Bovine Growth Hormone from Monsanto
- 08/20/08 - Corporados at Drug Giant Eli Lilly Will Now Push Monsanto's Controversial Bovine Growth Hormone
- 08/20/08 - Home Depot: Do the Right Thing, Dump Monsanto!
- 08/19/08 - An Ohio Nurse's Response to rBGH Spin
- 08/19/08 - OCA Analysis of Monsanto's rBGH
- 08/16/08 - National Family Farm Coalition: Dairy Farmers Praise Monsanto Selling Off rBGH Division
- 08/08/08 - A Decade of Consumer Pressure Is Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
- 08/07/08 - Consumer Victory: Monsanto Admits They Are Dumping Their Controversial Bovine Growth Hormone
- 07/26/08 - Update on the Battle to Drive Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
- 07/07/08 - Nurses Association Calls for Ban on Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
- 07/03/08 - Deconstructing Monsanto's Propaganda that Bovine Growth Hormone Will Reduce Global Warming
- 07/01/08 - Groups Suing Over Ohio Milk Labeling Rule
- 06/19/08 - Watch New Film on rBGH: "Your Milk on Drugs"
- 06/16/08 - California: Bay Area Hospitals Take Healthy Food Pledge
- 05/18/08 - Monsanto's Bullying Increases Sales for Louisiana Dairy
- 04/29/08 - Making Health Care Greener
- 04/22/08 - Debate Continues to Simmer over Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
- 04/14/08 - Despite Monsanto's Lobbying & Arm Twisting Consumers and Dairies Are Rejecting Bovine Growth Hormone-Tainted Milk
- 04/09/08 - Coalition Urges Ohio Govemor to Modify Proposed Milk Label Rule
- 04/04/08 - Monsanto's Patchwork Plan to Deny Consumer Choice
- 03/31/08 - A Fake Group Fights for Monsanto's Right to Deceive You
- 03/27/08 - Wal-Mart Offers Private Label Milk Produced Without Artificial Growth Hormone
- 03/26/08 - Why Monsanto Doesn't Want You to Know About Those Hormones in Your Dairy
- 03/26/08 - Monsanto's Nefarious Plan to Deny Consumers Choice Over Bovine Growth Hormone-Tainted Milk
- 03/25/08 - Got rBST? The New Pennsylvania Attack on rBST-Free Milk Production
- 03/24/08 - Wal-Mart Move 'TIpping Point' for Driving Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone off the Market
- 03/24/08 - So THIS Is What It Takes to Win?
- 03/23/08 - Wal-Mart Bans Milk Tainted with Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
- 03/21/08 - Wal-Mart Begins Sales of Hormone-Free Milk
- 03/14/08 - Dairy Processor's Perspective on rbST Milk
- 03/13/08 - New Choices Mean Controversy for Milk
- 03/10/08 - New York Times on Monsanto's Last Desperate Attempt to Save its Bovine Growth Hormone
- 03/08/08 - Frankenfoods' Giant Monsanto Plays Bully Over Consumer Labeling
- 03/01/08 - Update & Overview on the Controversy over Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
- 03/01/08 - Update on the Battle Against Monsanto's Bovine Growth Hormone
- 02/29/08 - Downer Cows in Slaughter Video Were Products of Profit Happy Dairy Industry
- 02/27/08 - Critics Say Dairy Labels a Confusing Cash Cow
- 02/18/08 - Monsanto Continues Battle to Deny Consumers' Right to Know Whether Their Milk is Tainted by Growth Hormone
- 02/08/08 - Another Defeat for Monsanto: Ohio Backs Off on Banning rBGH-Free Labels
- 02/07/08 - Ben & Jerry's Opposes Monsanto's Move in Several States to Ban rBGH-Free Labels
- 01/28/08 - Op-Ed by OCA's Director, Ronnie Cummins: Should We Label Growth-Hormone Milk?
- 01/25/08 - Ohio Nurses Tell Governor: Don't Ban rBGH-Free Labels for Dairy Products
- 01/25/08 - Ronnie Cummins: Monsanto's Genetically Engineered Bovine Growth Hormone Poses Significant Risks for Consumers
- 01/19/08 - Pennsylvania: State Reverses on Dairy Labeling, Allows Hormone Claims
- 01/18/08 - Public Pressure Again Forces Pennsylvania to Back Off From Banning rBGH-free Labels for Milk & Dairy Products
- 01/18/08 - Good News: Pennsylvania Maintains RBGH free labeling
- 01/17/08 - Action Alert: Consumers May Lose Right to Buy rBGH-Free Milk
- 01/16/08 - Kraft Stabs Monsanto in the Back--New Kraft rBGH-Free Cheese Will Hit Market in June
- 01/02/08 - Philadelphia Inquirer Editorial: Don't Ban 'Hormone-Free' Label