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Genetically Engineered Milk

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Jan 20, 2003 13:19 PST

Genetically Engineered Milk

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Oct 18, 2001 07:19 PDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

 

Get The Facts On What's In Your Milk

 

CHICAGO, IL, Oct. 16 -/E-Wire/-- GOT (GENETICALLY ENGINEERED)

MILK? The Monsanto rBGH/BST Milk Wars Handbook. A powerful

expose of the dangers of genetically engineered (r BGH) milk,

and Monsanto's longstanding attempt to suppress this

information. With an Introduction by Ben & Jerry and a Foreword

by John Hagelin, Ph.D.

 

rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone), is a genetically

engineered (GE) potent 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 GE

hormone forces cows to increase their milk production by about

10%. Monsanto and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) insist

that rBGH milk is indistinguishable from natural milk and safe

to cows and consumers. However:

 

* rBGH makes cows sick. Monsanto has been forced to admit to

about 20 veterinary health risks on its Posilac label including

mastitis and udder inflammation.

 

* rBGH milk is contaminated by pus from mastitis induced by

rBGH, and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.

 

* rBGH milk is contaminated by the GE hormone which can be

absorbed through the gut and induce immunological effects.

 

* rBGH milk is chemically and nutritionally very different

from natural milk.

 

* rBGH milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural

growth factor (IGF-1), excess levels of which have been

incriminated as major causes of breast, colon, and prostate

cancers.

 

* rBGH factory farms pose a major threat to the viability of

small dairy farms. Thus, rBGH enriches Monsanto while posing

risks but no benefits to the entire U.S. population.

 

The health hazards to animals, the detriment to small farms, the

cover-up in Monsanto, all the negatives attached to rGBH are in

no way balanced by any benefits of increased milk production in

view of the national surplus.

 

Got (genetically engineered) Milk? is a unique resource manual

on rBGH milk. It presents a comprehensive summary of the

scientific literature since 1985, and Dr. Epstein's relatively

inaccessible trail blazing scientific publications on rBGH over

the last decade. These publications have played a major role in

influencing foreign governments to ban rBGH milk.

 

Got (genetically engineered) Milk? includes Dr. Samuel Epstein's

press releases, editorials, and extensive correspondence with

key members of Congress and the FDA. Got (genetically

engineered) Milk? documents evidence of interlocking conflicts

of interest between Monsanto and the White House, regulatory

agencies, and medical institutions including the American

Medical Association and American Cancer Society; Monsanto's

white collar crime relating to suppression and manipulation of

information on the veterinary and public health hazards of rBGH

dairy products; and behind the scenes evidence of the Dairy

Coalition's " hit squad " , which targeted and attempted to stifle

and discredit the author.

 

Of additional interest is the real story behind Fox Television's

firing of Jane Akre, a veteran television reporter, following

her extensive and in-depth interview with the author on rBGH,

and also his involvement as the lead expert testifying on behalf

of Jane in her subsequent successful litigation against Fox.

 

Got (genetically engineered) Milk? presents other valuable

resource materials including listings of national and

international anti-biotech public health, veterinary and animal

rights activist groups, and of rBGH-free U.S. dairy producers,

such as Horizon Organic and Swiss Valley Farms.

 

Of key interest is the book's critical relevance to the ongoing

debate on GE foods, including irrefutable evidence discrediting

the unpublished " trust us " safety assurances of Monsanto, and

other GE food industries. Got (genetically engineered) Milk?

thus makes it clear that Monsanto's highly deceptive track

record on rBGH, compounded by FDA's complicity and refusal to

label rBGH milk, more than justify dismissal its assurances of

safety of GE foods.

 

Dr. Epstein is a multiple-award winning emeritus Professor of

environmental medicine at the University of Illinois School of

Public Health, Chicago, author of 260 scientific publications,

and author or co-author of 10 books.

 

To read Got (genetically engineered) Milk?, receive more

information, or arrange an interview, please contact Tania

Ketenjian at (212) 226-8760, ta-. or visit

http://www.sevenstories.com

 

 

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