Fwd: NOTMILK - Consequences of Genetically Engineered Milk

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FWIW, I forward the following to you. Best, Pat ;=)

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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, anincrease 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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