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Originally Posted by blueangel
Glad you brought that up. Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone is another debacle of the FDA. Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports has warned about potential hazards of rbGH.
It's also banned in Europe and Canada.
http://www.consumersunion.org/food/98ny699.htm
I try to drink only organic milk because there is much question over the safety of rbGH. And no, I've never taken Premarin. Your point? |
Your concern seems to be using animals unnaturally to produce products for humans.
rBGH is not unsafe, I have a friend who worked with a dairy herd. It doesn't show up in the milk and it doesn't affect the cow other than to produce more milk.
Premarin is another example of using animals unnaturally for a product. The farms are shut down now, but mares were bred over and over and left without water to collect hormones in their urine which was then put into a drug for HRT. Not natural. FDA approved that though.
It's not exactly unknown that the FDA is cahoots with the meat industry in this country. They're in each other's pockets. My suggestion to you is to start a farm so you know exactly where your food is coming from.
EDIT: just read your link. I see your concern, however, I think the real problem is that the FDA isn't prepared to put more money into researching products. That study was also performed in 1990. If there were any problems with rBGH I believe they would have emerged by now. Do you have any other sources that might indicate that? I'm interested.