Samuel Epstein ebook on GE milk

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eBook Description: rBGH (recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone), is a

genetically non-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.