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Post by moabiter on Jul 16, 2010 20:37:55 GMT -8
Why doesn't the government get the FDA approved growth hormone out of Monsanto milk products and take a look at the Vitamin D deficiencies of American children? That would be a good bio-shield. [Furthering Public Health Security: Project Bioshield www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/2003_h/030327-read.htm ] _____________________ Is Cow's Milk Additive Safe? John McKenzie, ABCNEWS.com A genetically engineered drug called bovine growth hormone (BGH) has been given to 30 percent of U.S. dairy cows over the last five years to make them produce more milk. There has been indirect evidence that BGH might contribute to breast and prostate cancer in humans, and today a consumer group called the Center for Food Safety began legal action to have the hormone pulled off the market. CFS is charging that the Food and Drug Administration has ignored evidence of potential health hazards from BGH. Twice a month, genetically engineered BGH is injected into 3 million dairy cows in the United States. The milk these cows produce is then shipped throughout the country as milk, cream, cheese and yogurt, and in baked and other goods. Products from cows that receive BGH are almost never labeled as such. The FDA concluded that milk from these hormone-treated cows is "safe for human consumption." But a recent review of the evidence challenges the FDA's conclusion. *** FOX NEWS Reporters (Reporters Steve Wilson & Jane Akre) uncover that most of the Milk in the USA and across some parts of the world is unfit to drink due to Monsanto Corporation's POSILAC®, which has been proven to be a cancer-causing growth hormone.(known in short as "BGH" "BST" or "rBGH" ), but they were fired for trying to tell people the truth. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1pKlnhvg0
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Post by clone on Aug 19, 2010 8:42:25 GMT -8
Is Your Favorite Ice Cream Made With Monsanto's Artificial Hormones? Posted: August 19, 2010 07:00 AM Monsanto has been in the news this week, with a U.S. District Court Judge ruling that the USDA has to at least go through the motions of regulating the company's genetically engineered sugar beets. Monsanto, you may know, is not likely to win any contests for the most popular company. www.huffingtonpost.com/john-robbins/is-your-favorite-ice-crea_b_686629.html
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Post by clone on Feb 1, 2011 14:01:54 GMT -8
*1991 Three British scientists who analyzed data on rBGH for Monsanto charged that the company tried to block publication of their research. Erik Millstone, Eric Brunner and Ian White said the company blocked publication of their paper on the hormone's links to increases in somatic cell (pus and bacteria) counts as a result of mastitis. *1994 A report released concludes that Monsanto violated federal law by illegally promoting rBGH prior to FDA approval. According to the report, issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services which oversees the FDA, the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine warned Monsanto in 1991 about improper promotion of the hormone and cited 24 instances of the company making promotional statements. One was labeled "BST Worksheet" and was designed to help dairy farmers figure their profits from using the drug. *1994, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) program Fifth Estate televised a one-hour documentary reporting that Monsanto had tried to bribe Health Canada, offering to pay as much as two million dollars under the condition that Monsanto receive approval to market rBGH in Canada without being required to submit data from any further studies or trials. According to journalists who worked on the documentary, Monsanto tried to kill the show, arguing through its lawyers that CBC had maliciously rigged interviews. CBC ran the program. rBGH or Polisac is banned in most countries except the United States. www.japanesepopsongs.com/idiotcycle/monsanto_company.html
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Post by clone on Nov 8, 2011 7:56:56 GMT -8
Effectively silencing Canada’s whistleblowers Sat Aug 13 2011 Last week an adjudicator at the Public Service Labour Relations Board handed down rulings related to three Health Canada scientists that confirm what many Canadians — and international observers — had already concluded: that Canada is not a safe place for honest employees, especially if they work for the federal government. After four-and-a-half years of proceedings, it took a further year for the adjudicator to deliver his 208-page decision, which dismissed seven out of eight grievances and ordered one whistleblower reinstated — but not the others. Having followed this case closely from the start, the end result seems absurd to me — as do the reasons given for treating one scientist differently from the others. The scientists — Dr. Shiv Chopra, Margaret Haydon and Gerard Lambert — had for years valiantly resisted repeated efforts by Health Canada management to pressure them into approving the release of antibiotics, hormones and chemicals into the food supply without the legally required evidence of human safety. They asserted that this pressure came from the highest levels of the bureaucracy — the Privy Council Office — at the urging of powerful corporations. Their epic battle is described in Dr. Shiv Chopra’s book about his career at Health Canada, aptly entitled Corrupt to the Core. Their bravest moment was to raise the alarm to the Senate in 1998 regarding the imminent approval of Monsanto’s bovine growth hormone, a controversial drug designed to boost the milk production of dairy cattle. Their testimony caused headlines around the world and led to the drug being banned in Canada and most other developed countries. For this alone they are known internationally and regarded as heroes. They were promised protection for their testimony, but when all three were fired simultaneously in 2004 the Senate took no action. As their union battled to have them reinstated, the government agency created specifically to protect whistleblowers also sat idle: former public sector integrity commissioner Christiane Ouimet refused to deal with the scientists’ complaints — even though a judge had already ordered a proper investigation. Her office sat on their disclosure of wrongdoing until it was more than four years old, then decided not to proceed, saying that it was “not in the public interest” to do so. With these “insubordinate” employees conveniently out of the way, Health Canada rapidly approved seven drugs and other commercial products that the scientists had been blocking — including the use of Baytril (an antibiotic in the fluoroquinolone class) for veterinary purposes. This is a highly controversial decision that leaves Canada out of step with many other developed countries. The overuse of antibiotics on factory-farmed animals is recognized as the main source of superbugs — deadly new strains of diseases such as E. coli that have acquired the ability to resist most antibiotics. By approving Baytril, Health Canada has endangered what was our last line of defence. New strains are already emerging that are resistant to every existing antibiotic including the fluoroquinolones. more: www.thestar.com/opinion/editorialopinion/article/1038934--effectively-silencing-canada-s-whistleblowers
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Post by clone on Dec 16, 2011 18:39:32 GMT -8
How to Win a GMO Debate: 10 Facts Why GM Food is Bad December 12, 2011 1. GMOs are unhealthy.The American Public Health Association and American Nurses Association are among many medical groups that condemn the use of GM bovine growth hormone, because the milk from treated cows has more of the hormone IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1)―which is linked to cancer. Read more: www.care2.com/greenliving/how-to-win-a-gmo-debate-top-10-facts-why-gm-food-is-bad.html
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Post by Annual Shareholders Meeting on Jan 26, 2012 19:23:53 GMT -8
Occupy Monsanto 2012 Adam Eidinger www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN9vIgmCuNQActivist Adam Eidinger Addresses the Stockholders of Monsanto in St. Louis Jan. 24, 2012 www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_24742.cfmAgainst the backdrop of previous multi-hundred million dollar settlements relating to GMOs, shareholders are rightfully concerned about the prospects of more big lawsuits to come. Background on the Resolution: Our resolution is simply asking shareholders are made aware of the following: On-going buffer zone control, including production acreage losses and on-going maintenance required to secure or maintain access to contamination-sensitive markets, Crop, production, and post-harvest losses and associated costs of market rejections, including temporary or permanent market losses resulting from GMO contamination; Loss of organic or other third-party certification due to GMO contamination and any costs associated with additional, record-keeping, testing or surveillance required to regain certification or retain certification on impacted operations Well water testing and/or groundwater cleanup. contamination if found. Removal and destruction of contaminated GMO plants; Pollinator losses and related damages e.g. to non-target organisms; Soil contamination and on-going related mitigation and remediation costs; and Damage to farmers' reputation, livelihood, and standing in the community Vote yes on the GMO resolution.
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Post by clone on Feb 29, 2012 8:33:49 GMT -8
Ethical Investing rBGH (Posilac) -- Breast Cancer and Prostate Cancer Recent research is beginning to confirm that dairy foods produced with Monsanto's genetically-engineered Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) may speed the growth of human breast and prostate cancers. Because of the extreme dangers from regular ingestion of such dairy foods, the Cancer Prevention Coaltion and a research scientist issued a press release www.holisticmed.com/bgh/prostate.html earlier this year detailing the risks. The dangers should have been obvious many years ago when much of this information was presented to Monsanto. Instead, they chose to ignore it and force their rBGH-dairy on the general population -- unlabelled. www.ethicalinvesting.com/monsanto/bgh.shtmlprostate cancer rates have escalated by 180% since 1950.
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Post by conflict of interest on Sept 13, 2012 20:04:13 GMT -8
Jan-30-2011 00:51 Monsanto Executive Appointed to High Level Position in the FDA Michael R. Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods Taylor, "During his former stint in the FDA during the Clinton administration, he helped write the rules to allow rBGH (Bovine Growth Hormone) into the American food system and our children’s milk. Which is perhaps why the FDA staffer who wrote Taylor’s bio seems to have all-but-forgotten his decade-plus of Monsanto work. Michael Taylor and Monsanto are responsible for subjecting this country and many others to the increased risk of breast cancer (7 times greater risk), prostate cancer and colon cancer because of what they did to milk, cheese, yogurt, ice cream with rBGH as well as to all the foods that rely on milk solids and other parts of milk. He left the FDA in 1994 and a few years later became Monsanto’s Vice President in charge of lobbying in Washington. As a lobbyist, Taylor argued AGAINST the Delaney Clause, one of the foundations of food safety regulation that prohibits cancer-causing chemicals to be added to food." In 1995, Monsanto ranked 5th among US corporations in the EPA's Toxic Release Inventory, having discharged 37 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the air, land, water and underground. Monsanto's SE Asia handiworkwww.salem-news.com/articles/january302011/monsanto-fda-ms.php
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Post by clone on Nov 10, 2012 16:15:35 GMT -8
Release the Hormones: rBGH and GE salmon? Tell the FDA to reject GE salmon | November 9th, 2012 On Halloween, AquaBounty, the company that wants to feed you genetically engineered (GE) salmon, saw its fortunes change. A well-connected biotech company called Intrexon swooped in to buy around half the stock of the near-bankrupt AquaBounty. Intrexon is run by the former head of Monsanto and a former vice-president from Pfizer and McDonalds. Intrexon’s senior vice president and animal science head is Thomas Kasser, a 20-year veteran from Monsanto, where he worked on recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH). This highly controversial drug was eventually used to increase milk production, mostly by factory farms. Kasser boasts his experience guiding Monsanto products through the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine, the same agency reviewing GE salmon. www.foodandwaterwatch.org/blogs/release-the-hormones-rbgh-and-ge-salmon/
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Post by clone on Nov 10, 2012 17:12:37 GMT -8
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Post by TPP on Sept 27, 2015 9:19:31 GMT -8
Canadian Milk Matters 29 Jul 2015 Page A5 Yet with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, imports from other countries with lower standards than ours would be allowed. ... Canada and other jurisdictions including the EU, ban growth hormone injections in dairy cows due to the health risks to humans and harm the animals. But not all countries do. With the Trans-Pacific Partnership, milk products from growth hormone-injected cows could find their way to your dairy section. www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20150729/281638188909200/TextView______________________ Health Canada's lack of rigorous safety review is the real outrage | July 27, 2015 In his report Chopra included the history of how senior managers harassed and pressured evaluators to pass drugs of questionable safety for humans. Also in the report was Dr. Haydon's allegation that she was in the room during a meeting with Health Canada officials when a Monsanto operative offered $1-to-$2-million to Health Canada to have Posilac approved without having to submit data from further studies or trials. Monsanto claimed it offered the money to fund new research. According to Chopra, senior managers ordered these and other items stricken from the report and kicked the revised document upstairs. Health minister Alan Rock and Prime Minister Jean Chretien were copied. Chopra refused to sign the altered document. Instead, he led a joint harassment grievance of five scientists to complain that management's tactics for fast-tracking the drug regulatory process were in contravention of the Food and Drugs Act. Chopra claims that scientists who had objected were moved off the file and replaced by more obedient colleagues. When the grievance was dismissed by an assistant deputy minister as "interpersonal problems," the group took it up with their union, the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada which brought the issue into the public eye... In January, 1999 Alan Rock decided not to register rBGH for licensing. Although Chopra and his fellowship of Health Canada regulators did not approve it, bovine growth hormone was never banned outright, and thanks to NAFTA rBGH-treated dairy products from the U.S. continue to make their way into Canadian grocery stores. rabble.ca/news/2015/07/health-canadas-lack-rigorous-safety-review-real-outrage______________________ Canadian dairy farmers head to Maui in last ditch effort against TPP | July 28, 2015 Tags: Trans-Pacific Partnership www.bnn.ca/News/2015/7/28/Canadian-dairy-farmers-head-to-Maui-in-last-ditch-effort-against-TPP.aspx______________________ Does Milk Contain Growth Hormones and Antibiotics? Canadian dairy farmers do not use growth hormones such as BST or rbGH and ensure their milk is free of antibiotics. While the administration of growth hormones known as BST or rBGH to dairy cows is allowed in the US, it is illegal in Canada and therefore not permitted for use with any dairy cows. As for antibiotics, BC has some of the highest standards for milk production in the world with zero tolerance for antibiotics in milk. Farmers never stop monitoring their cows’ health in order to ensure their optimal well-being. Cows need to be healthy and content in order to produce optimal amounts of high quality milk. When cows are sick and require antibiotic treatment, the milk they produce is discarded for a regulated period of time to ensure the milk collected at the farm is antibiotic-free. Every truckload of milk is tested before being unloaded at the processing plant. If antibiotics are found, the entire load is discarded and the farmer who contaminated the load is heavily penalized. Extensive quality checks and testing ensure that BC (and Canadian) consumers purchase high quality, safe and nutritious dairy products. For more details about milk production standards, check the brochure “The Importance of Quality Milk”. bcdairy.ca/milk/articles/does-milk-contain-growth-hormones-and-antibiotics/
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