Monsanto Pushes Hormones on School Kids in Their Milk

Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone is a genetically engineered drug injected into cows, which increases the levels of cancer causing and other dangerous chemicals in milk. Its manufacturer, the Monsanto Corporation, also manufactured the deadly Agent Orange.

Monsanto has been pushing farmers to inject cows with rBGH since 1994. Many small farms, however, continue to resist. Repeated injections of rBGH artificially stimulate cows to produce 10% to 25% more milk than normal, causing health problems for the cows and danger to consumers, especially kids, who drink rBGH milk or eat butter, ice cream, cheese or yogurt.

Although milk drawn from cows that have not been injected with rBGH is now widely available, New York public schools don't buy that milk. Instead, the Board of Education buys most of its daily 3/4 of a million half pints of milk from Tuscan, whose suppliers inject their cows with the genetically engineered hormone.

Monsanto has been fighting against consumer demands to require labels on genetically engineered products.

In mid April of 1997, the New York City Board of Education responded for the first time to public outcry over the use of genetically engineered hormones in school milk by announcing that, despite the protests, it will continue to buy milk and dairy products from companies that inject their cows with genetically engineered Bovine Growth Hormone.

"The FDA has given us assurances milk is safe if it contains this growth hormone," said Board spokesperson David Golub. "This is a non issue."

'Hormone-free' milk spurs labeling debate

What used to be a decision between whole, low fat, and skim is now a choice between whole, low fat, skim, lactose-free, flavored, organic, conventional, soy, and milk made without artificial hormones.

The dairy aisle has grown increasingly cluttered with options – and state lawmakers are now wrestling over labeling one of those options: Milk made without recombinant bovine growth hormones (rBGH).

The synthetic hormone – linked by some to health problems in humans when ingested – artificially reproduces a naturally occurring hormone found in dairy cows. It's produced by Monsanto Corp. and sold under the name Posilac. Dairy farmers administer Posilac to lactating cows to increase yields. Its use is banned in Europe and Canada, but the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the artificial hormone in 1993.

Why is American Milk Banned in Europe?

American dairy farmers inject rBGH to dairy cows to increase milk production.

rBGH is the abbreviation for recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone. It's the generic term for a genetically engineered, synthetic drug produced by the Monsanto Corporation. It also may be referred to as recombinant Bovine Somatotropin, or rBST.

rBGH is injected into dairy cows to increase milk production by 5 to 15 percent. An estimated 20 percent of the cows in the United States are given this hormone.

rBGH was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1993, but remains one of the FDA's most controversial decisions.

Does It Matter What we Eat Here on Earth?? How Long will we be here?? -Review of Film Wall*E

What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off? Academy Award-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton ("Finding Nemo") and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios ("The Incredibles," "Cars," "Ratatouille") transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so very far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined robot named WALL*E. After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL*E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realize that WALL*E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet's future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL*E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen. Joining WALL*E on his fantastic journey across a universe of never-before-imagined visions of the future, is a hilarious cast of characters including a pet cockroach, and a heroic team of malfunctioning misfit robots.

Early Sexual Maturity and Milk Hormones

Little girls are maturing much quicker than Mother Nature had planned, thanks to hormones in cow’s milk and its by-products. Breast cancer is the risk. Is it worth it?

Like milk? Go organic

• Organic milk is a healthier alternative for milk lovers.
• Organic milk is produced by cows with fibre-rich diet that is predominately made up of grass, hay and silage, rather than the soya and cereals that usually dominate.
• Organic milk actually stays good considerably longer than non-organic milk.
• It’s been shown that organic farming is better for the environment.
  

Got Milk? If So, Dump it!

We were raised to think of cow’s milk as a perfect food. The National Dairy Council advertises that “milk is natural” and If you don’t drink milk, the council will tell you that your bones will become brittle and your strength will fade due to a lack of calcium. Many Americans out of fear make dairy products a staple of their diets.

Knowledge is a killer of fear. The more you know the less you fear.