GMW: Consequences of Genetically Engineered Milk

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Mon, 31 Jan 2005 08:59:13 GMT

 

 

 

GMW: " Consequences of Genetically Engineered Milk "

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Monsanto's genetically engineered cattle drug rBGH is banned in Canada

and the EU but was pushed through in the U.S. in extraordinary

circumstances.

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Consequences of Genetically Engineered Milk

 

Eleven years ago, the greatest controversy in FDA history began with a

lie when the Clinton White House (Executive Branch Report on rbGH,

February 9, 1994) concluded: " BGH-treated milk is safe because it is

indistinguishable from normal milk. "

 

The drug manufacturer (Monsanto) hired ex-Surgeon General, C. Everett

Koop to compound the lie. Koop's press release, dated February 6, 1994:

 

" Milk from cows given supplemental bovine somatotropin is the same as

any other milk.. Unfortunately, a few fringe groups are using misleading

statements and blatant falsehoods as part of a long-running campaign to

scare consumers about a perfectly safe food. "

 

Did the National Institutes of Health agree? Here is what they

concluded four years earlier:

 

" Recombinant rbGH treatment produces an increase in the concentration

of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in cow's milk. "

 

" Levels of IGF increase in milk after cows are treated with rbGH. "

National Institutes of Health, Assessment of Bovine Somatotropin,

December, 1990

 

" A strong positive association was observed between IGF-I levels and

prostate cancer risk. "

Science, vol. 279. January 23, 1998

 

" Insulin-like growth factor is thought to have a role in breast

cancer. "

The Lancet, vol. 351. May 9, 1998

 

" High plasma levels of IGF-I were associated with an increased risk of

lung cancer. Plasma levels of IGF-I are higher...in patients with lung

cancer than in control subjects. "

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 91, no. 2. January 20,

1999.

 

" The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is widely involved in

human carcinogenesis. A significant association between high circulating

IGF-I concentrations and an increased risk of lung, colon, prostate and

pre- menopausal breast cancer has recently been reported. "

International Journal of Cancer, 2000 Aug, 87:4, 601-5

 

" ...serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in the milk drinking

group, an increase of about 10% above baseline-but was unchanged in the

control group. "

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 99, no. 10. October

1999

 

Robert Cohen

http://www.notmilk.com

 

 

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