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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . Now the scientific validity of FDA's 1993 safety decision is being challenged by Canadian government scientists. Today tens of thousands of U.S. dairy cows are injected with rBGH each week, and virtually the entire U.S. citizenry is exposed to milk from rBGH-treated cows through milk, cream, cheese, yogurt, frozen yogurt, buttermilk, cream cheese, ice cream, iced milk, and baked goods. No other country besides the U.S. has approved rBGH for use within its borders, though Monsanto has sought approval in Australia, New Zealand, the European Union and Canada. An antibody response is evidence that the immune system has detected, and responded to, a substance entering the body.