Society, Issues, Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Genetically Modified Food, Bovine Growth Hormones
See Also:
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration article on bovine growth hormone and safety for human consumption.
- Report about the non-rBGH dairies the FDA warned about mislabeling and Monsanto's lawsuit against one of them.
- 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.
- IDFA position paper on biotechnology and BST, including Questions and Answers section.
- Comprehensive review of the link between cancer and milk from cows treated with bovine growth hormone at Victoria's 'Net-Active' Community.
- 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
- Press release about the false advertising of such labeling.
- 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.
- Summary and conclusions of Health Canada's report on human safety of rbST, with links to full report.
- 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.
- 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.
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