Barry wrote: > I thought just the recombinant BGH (rBGH, trade-name Prosilac) was > banned in Europe in the mid-late 1990s. The "natural" form has been > synthesized and used since the 1980s.... am I misinformed on this topic?
I'm not aware that the "natural" form is being used in Europe today. We already have milk overproduction anyway, even without adding BGH... Anyway, the whole argument here is silly because animal growth hormones are ineffective in humans (strongly species-specific). > The use of rBGH is one reason that most nations will not import US > beef & milk - and with good cause! US beef can be & is imported anyway, but has to be declared as rBGH-treated. > Another possibility is inequality in wealth distribution - as wealth > is more equally distributed across a society, it seems that their > members get taller. People get taller from having abundant food supply -- not from inequality. Chris P.S.: Regarding Amaranth, I'd like to clarify that I was ONLY correcting REH's claim that it was "the most developed plant protein on the planet" and "the real American genius crop". REH should understand that colonial supremacism shouldn't be countered with Native supremacism, especially where it is not justified in the issue. Combining the best of both worlds is the way to go for win-win solutions. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
