Title: Got (Genetically Engineered) Milk?
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.
Subjects: Human Rights, Journalism, Medical, Nonfiction