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"Daily injections are viewed as too time-consuming and expensive. If bgh were ever commercially approved, a farmer would tend to inject his cows at about the same time every two weeks That could lead to the entire farm bulk tank being filled with hormonally—supercharged cows' milk. Pathology Following Monsanto's trials of two-week injections on 82 cows at the company's Dardenne, MO research farm in 1985-86, 35 test animals were slaughtered and necropsied. Hazleton laboratories of Madison, WI conducted pathology analyses." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "We commend the states of Wisconsin and Minnesota for their recent moratoria on the sale of bgh dairy products in their states. ¦ We urge that immediate funding be made available to independent consumer-, farmers-, environmental-, animal rights and other concerned groups in order to ensure effective implementation of our recommendations." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "Furthermore, it was demonstrated some 30 years ago that chymotrypsin digests of natural bgh are biologically active in humans, in whom they induce nitrogen retention (Forsham et al, 1958). Thus, biosynthetic milk hormones could be directly active in humans following absorption of novel peptides, formed during pasteurization or during proteolytic digestion in the alimentary canal." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.) "Current concerns on the potential hazards of bgh are such that they will not be allayed by generalities and assurances of responsibility of FDA with regard to consumer safety, particularly in view of the track record of the agency, in general, and the Center for Veterinary Medicine in particular, as illustratively documented in my report. Nor will such concerns be allayed by the promise that the FDA intends publishing a scientific paper on this subject in early 1990, some six years after the FDA has allowed the sale of unlabeled hormone-treated milk to the general public." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., What's In Your Milk?: An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the Dangers of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You're Drinking (Get the book.)

"It is also contaminated by rBGH, which differs chemically from bgh levels, by a thyroid hormone enzyme, and often by pus and antibiotics, besides by increased levels of IGF-1. D. Increased IGF-1 LEVELS in rBGH Milk Prosser, Lancet 1:1201,1988 IGF-1 levels in rBGH milk are increased up to 20 fold. Juskevich & Geyer, (FDA), Science 249: 875-884,1990 Based on six unpublished industry studies, FDA admitted that IGF-1 levels in rBGH milk were consistently increased and that these increases were statistically significant. These levels were still further increased following pasteurization." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., The Politics of Cancer Revisited (Get the book.)

"Don't be misled by labels that say words to the effect "Our cows are not treated with bovine growth hormone (or bgh)." All cows' milk contains bgh (another name for IGF) to make calves grow, regardless of whether or not the mothers were injected with that hormone. What else does IGF do? It acts just like insulin in your liver and turns on the "Store Fat for Winter" program. And guess what, skim milk has even more sugar than whole milk, and that sugar promotes the release of even more insulin, which-as you now know-commands your liver to make fat." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Because the naturally occurring bgh in cow's milk was indistinguishable from rBGH, the agency ruled that labeling would be misleading because the milks are the same. Monsanto and other biotechnology companies viewed disclosure as a threat to the future of agricultural biotechnology. If rBGH failed in the marketplace, the entire industry might be in jeopardy." - Marion Nestle, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Get the book.)

"Other researchers are suggesting a possible link between bgh and prostate and breast cancers, though there is not yet any direct and conclusive evidence.9 However, it's difficult to avoid bgh unless you buy organic dairy products and beef, because the FDA does not require labeling of BGH-laced products (which include yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products), despite surveys showing that the majority of consumers favor labeling. In fact, Monsanto helped sponsor federal legislation (which passed) that prevents milk producers from labeling their products as being free of bgh even when they are." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.) "It was found that 20%-30% of the rats did, in fact, have traces of bgh in their bloodstream and some of the rats developed thyroid cysts. Other researchers are suggesting a possible link between bgh and prostate and breast cancers, though there is not yet any direct and conclusive evidence.9 However, it's difficult to avoid bgh unless you buy organic dairy products and beef, because the FDA does not require labeling of BGH-laced products (which include yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products), despite surveys showing that the majority of consumers favor labeling." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Monsanto's rBGH stimulated twice the increase in milk yield than an equal dose of bgh. USAN & the USP Dictionary of Drug Names, page 510,1988 Sometribove is "methionyl growth hormone (ox)." This alternative name revealed that Monsanto's rBGH does not have a natural amino acid sequence, but instead, has an extra methionine at the 191-position, which reflects manufacture by genetically altered bacteria rather than by the cow. Baer etal, J. Dairy Sci. 72:1424-1434,1989 In milk from untreated and rBGH treated cows, "serum protein (.65,71 %) and lactose (4.7,4." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., The Politics of Cancer Revisited (Get the book.)

"Although the chemically detectable difference between true bgh and Monsanto's BST creation may be slight, the effects of the two hormones on the human body may be quite different indeed. 'If you do drink milk, it is essential that you take a folic acid supplement to neutralize the xanthine oxidase found in milk. Xanthine oxidase, which attacks the arteries, is a major factor in heart disease. Interestingly enough, this problem seems only to occur with homogenized milk. When nonhomogenized milk is consumed, the body excretes the xanthine oxidase." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"Tritsch concludes that "the widespread consumption of BGH-supplemented milk is, therefore, an experiment on an unsuspecting population that could have horrendous consequences," adding that "it would be difficult to dismantle a well-entrenched bgh industry."5 Use of rBGH is also known to increase the amount of pus, bacteria, and antibiotic contamination in milk, since cows given rBGH are more susceptible to disease. Finally, bovine serum albumin (BSA, a cow's milk protein) has been strongly linked to insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus in children." - Robyn Landis, Herbal Defense (Get the book.)

"Although bgh may be good for dairy farmers because it increases milk production, it may not be good for humans. Why? Because bgh has been implicated as increasing the risk of breast cancer, although others say it is not a risk as it may not survive digestion. Bgh also contributes to the hormone-disruptor soup through another route. Although the fda approved the drug, it admits that the use of this growth hormone often causes udder infections in cows. This leads to pus and bacteria getting into the milk. To prevent this, cows on bgh are given more antibiotics." - D. Lindsey Berkson, Hormone Deception (Get the book.)

"All cows' milk contains bgh (another name for IGF) to make calves grow, regardless of whether or not the mothers were injected with that hormone. What else does IGF do? It acts just like insulin in your liver and turns on the "Store Fat for Winter" program. And guess what, skim milk has even more sugar than whole milk, and that sugar promotes the release of even more insulin, which-as you now know-commands your liver to make fat. The exception to dairy products is cheese, particularly fresh cheeses." - Dr. Steven R. Gundry, Dr. Gundry's Diet Evolution: Turn Off the Genes That Are Killing You - And Your Waistline - And Drop the Weight for Good (Get the book.)

"Although bgh might arguably be neutral or perhaps even helpful to the health of the cows (Human Growth Hormone, or HGH, is generally considered rather helpful in adult human beings), the real problems begin to occur when BGH-laden dairy products get consumed by humans, and they start to induce a variety of hormone-related health disorders in humans: Although many synthetic estrogens like DES are now outlawed, many livestock and poultry are still hormonally manipulated, especially dairy cows. Cows' milk contains substantial amounts of estrogen due to modern farming techniques." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.) "Dairy cows that are injected with bgh can produce milk for nearly twice as long after calving. - Debra Lynn Dadd, Home Safe Home Leave it to the mad scientists behind the scenes at the world's largest dairy companies to come up with yet another way to squeeze more profits from the glands of a cow: they've synthesized Bovine Growth Hormone (BGH) as a way to induce dairy cows to give more milk than nature intended." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"If you drink milk, my advice is to stick to organic milk, which disallows this practice and the use of bgh. On top of that, cows eating pesticide- or herbicide-sprayed feed tend to accumulate residues in their meat and fat. For a consumer of meat or milk products, choosing the organic rather than nonorganic varieties reduces the risk of exposure to pesticide and herbicide residues as well as bgh. Allergy and its effects Milk allergy or intolerance is very common among both children and adults." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

"Ronnie Cummins, "Market Pressure Busting bgh and Biotech, BGH: Monsanto and the Dairy Industry's Dirty Little Secret," Organic Consumers Association, BioDemocracy News, Feb/Mar02. www.mindfully.org 61 Mercola Newsletter, "Prominent Scientists Form Group to Counter GM Food." http://www.i-sis.org.uk 62 Gersema, Emily, "School Lunches Will Include Irradiated Burgers," The Arizona Republic, May 30, 2003. CHAPTER 10 It Could Happen to Your Family!" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Samuel Epstein says that "all women from conception to death will now be exposed to an additional breast-cancer risk due to milk from cows treated with bgh." While milk naturally contains small amounts of estrogen, changes in farming practices now make it possible to milk cows continuously, even while they are pregnant. These pregnant cows produce milk with much higher levels of estrogen. If you drink milk, my advice is to stick to organic milk, which disallows this practice and the use of bgh." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

"Because bgh has been implicated as increasing the risk of breast cancer, although others say it is not a risk as it may not survive digestion. Bgh also contributes to the hormone-disruptor soup through another route. Although the fda approved the drug, it admits that the use of this growth hormone often causes udder infections in cows. This leads to pus and bacteria getting into the milk. To prevent this, cows on bgh are given more antibiotics. According to some of the scientists I interviewed, certain subclasses of antibiotics are themselves estrogenic, or hormone disruptors." - D. Lindsey Berkson, Hormone Deception (Get the book.)

"In countries such as the United States, where cows are treated with bgh, milk from these cows develops raised levels of IGF-1, found in both the cow and those who drink the milk. This growth factor makes estrogen more potent in the body, and research is increasingly showing that it could increase the risk of breast and colon cancer. University of Illinois toxicologist Dr. Samuel Epstein says that "all women from conception to death will now be exposed to an additional breast-cancer risk due to milk from cows treated with bgh." - Patrick Holford, The New Optimum Nutrition Bible (Get the book.)

"Originally, the FDA reported that no traces of bgh were found in the rats' blood, but it was later disclosed that officials from the FDA never read the entire report. It was found that 20%-30% of the rats did, in fact, have traces of bgh in their bloodstream and some of the rats developed thyroid cysts. Other researchers are suggesting a possible link between bgh and prostate and breast cancers, though there is not yet any direct and conclusive evidence." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"Ronnie Cummins, "Market Pressure Busting bgh and Biotech, BGH: Monsanto and the Dairy Industry's Dirty Little Secret," Organic Consumers Association, BioDemocracy News, Feb/Mar02. www.mindfully.org 61 Mercola Newsletter, "Prominent Scientists Form Group to Counter GM Food." http://www.i-sis.org.uk 62 Gersema, Emily, "School Lunches Will Include Irradiated Burgers," The Arizona Republic, May 30, 2003. CHAPTER 10 It Could Happen to Your Family!" - Doris J. Rapp, M.D., Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call (Get the book.)

"Elevated IGF-1 Levels in rBGH Milk In an early report relating IGF-1 milk levels to natural bgh isolated from bovine pi-tuitaries, administration of the hormone increased IGF-1 levels in goat's milk from a mean pretreatment level of 16 ng/ml to 25 ng/ml within four days.11 Normal cow's milk collected just after parturition contained high IGF-1 levels, about 150 ng/ml, which rapidly fell to about 25 ng/ml within one week and then declined to only 1 to 5 ng/ml by 200 days, when levels of IGF-1 induced by rBGH ranged from 6 to 20 ng/ml, up to a 20-fold increase." - Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., The Politics of Cancer Revisited (Get the book.)

"The FDA allowed corporate influence to run rampant in its approval of bgh.. . . This is exactly the kind of thing that sends consumers the message that federal bureaucrats care more about corporate profits than they do about consumer health and safety. . . . The bottom line is that Monsanto's product received favorable treatment when it probably should not have."32 Monsanto's Political Success. Monsanto succeeded in obtaining FDA approval of rBGH without a labeling requirement. In March 1995, the company claimed that it had sold 14." - Marion Nestle, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Get the book.) "The jury agreed that Fox "acted intentionally and deliberately to falsify or distort the plaintiffs' news reporting on bgh," and awarded a judgment of $425,000 in damages.21 These incidents were only the most public—and documented—of Monsanto's actions, most of which took place behind closed doors in Congress, at the FDA, and (as rumored) at newspapers planning to run stories on the possible hazards of rBGH. Monsanto's Campaign against Labeling." - Marion Nestle, Safe Food: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism (Get the book.)

"However, it's difficult to avoid bgh unless you buy organic dairy and beef because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not require labeling of BGH-laced products, despite surveys showing that the majority of consumers favor labeling. Again, the only way to be sure you are not ingesting bgh is to buy organic dairy products and beef. Pasteurization In the pasteurization process, milk is heated at high temperatures—much higher than necessary to kill bacteria. In the process, all the enzymes are destroyed." - Lita Lee, Lisa Turner and Burton Goldberg, The Enzyme Cure: How Plant Enzymes Can Help You Relieve 36 Health Problems (Get the book.)

"Only a tiny trace of bgh ends up in the milk, but it still causes problems, both for the cow and for people who drink milk. The first is that forcing cows to overproduce milk often leads to mastitis, an infected udder, to which the farmer responds with antibiotics. Before bgh was legalized, antibiotic traces were already found in up to a third of milk cartons sampled.22 bgh is likely to make the problem even worse as farmers counter this "side-effect" with more and more antibiotics. The resulting overuse of antibiotics encourages the growth of antibiotic-resistant bacteria." - Neal Barnard, M.D., Eat Right, Live Longer: Using the Natural Power of Foods to Age-Proof Your Body (Get the book.)

"However, it's difficult to avoid bgh unless you buy organic dairy products and beef, because the FDA does not require labeling of BGH-laced products (which include yogurt, cheese, and other dairy products), despite surveys showing that the majority of consumers favor labeling. In fact, Monsanto helped sponsor federal legislation (which passed) that prevents milk producers from labeling their products as being free of bgh even when they are." - Larry Trivieri, Jr., Alternative Medicine the Definitive Guide, Second Edition (Get the book.)

"The Science authors assure us, however, that "the need to pursue more definitive studies has already been stated as unnecessary because bgh is biologically inactive in humans and orally inactive."7 As for the claim that it is orally inactive, the Canadian scientist showed that to be false based on the rats' antibody reactions. The FDA's claim that bgh is inactive is derived from their assumption that it is a species specific hormone; that it works in cows but not in humans." - Jeffrey M. Smith, Seeds of Deception: Exposing Industry and Government Lies about the Safety of the Genetically Engineered Foods You're Eating (Get the book.)

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