"Bovine Growth Hormone (p.37)
BGH is a genetically engineered hormone fed to dairy cows to boost milk production. WHile the FDA approved its use in 1995, health and consumer groups have expressed concerns about its safety and demanded that it be labelled.
Monsanto, the manufacturer, has sued natural foods stores and companies that label its product BGH free, claiming that such labels unfairly parage a legal product. A compromise on the issue of labeling was reached for the first time in 1998 when organic food companies in Illinois and Ben & Kerry's ice cream settled a lawsuit against the state in which natural foods suppliers won the right to explain to consumers that they oppose recombinant BGH and would not use it on their products, though the FDA has found no significant difference between BGH-treated and untreated cos.
About 25% of the milk sold in the U.S. is made from cows treated with BGH."
It goes on to say that in regards to being related to cancer..."In a review of the evidence linking dairy and breast cancer, researchers with the Physician's Committee for Responsible Medicine contend that the FDA's approval of BHG, genetically engineered bovine growth hormone, was based on faulty assumptions and studies. WHile the FDA concluded that it did not differ chemically from natural BGH, studies indicate that BGH differs by 1 to 9 amino acids. The FDA also assumed that BGH is not orally active in humans and that its activity is destroyed during pasteurization, both of which have been contradicted by subsequent studies."
Ick.
Almond Milk all the way <3
cashew, and hemp, too!
love me,
the globetrotting gamine
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