The Center for Global Food Safety, an industry front group
funded in part by the Monsanto Corporation, has launched
an aggressive "Milk is Milk" campaign, claiming
there is no difference between milk produced by cows injected
with genetically engineered hormones (Monsanto’s recombinant
Bovine Growth Hormone), and organic or naturally produced
milk. The FDA is aiding the industry’s anti-organic "Milk
is Milk" campaign, saying they will crack down on
organic and rBGH-free dairies that label their products
as "hormone free." Monsanto’s controversial
hormone has been banned in every industrialized country
in the world, other than the U.S., Brazil and Mexico,
due to scientific evidence indicating that the milk from
injected cows contains more pus, antibiotic residues,
and IGF-1, a potent cancer tumor promoter. The drug also
seriously damages the health of the cows. Read an analysis
of the risks of rBGH and a response to the launching of
the "Milk is Milk" campaign by Samuel S. Epstein,
M.D.(University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public
Health) and Ronnie Cummins of the OCA. Learn
more…