And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: (NOTE: The mastitis produces measurable levels of pus in all milk produced from these cows, bon apetit...Ish) From: "Day Starr (*No-qui-si*)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > NYS Greens / Green Party of NYS > > Media Release > > For Immediate Release For More > Information > June 2, 1999 Mark Dunlea > 518 286-3411 Andy Zimmerman 914 478-8639 > Rachel Pearlman 518 271-9481 > > Greens Joins Legislators in Calling for Milk with BGH to be Labeled > > The New York State Greens brought dozens of activists to the State > Capitol today, along with a calf named Purity, to press for labels on dairy > products made with recombinant bovine growth hormone. > The downtown Albany lunchtime crowd watched the calf in amusement as > a Green Party member in a head-to-toe cow suit handed out flyers. But the > event had a serious message. > Assemblyman Jack McEneny (D-Albany) spoke on behalf of his rBGH > labeling bill, which has more than sixty co-sponsors, including State > Senator Vincent Leibell (R-Patterson). Michael Hansen, a scientist with > Consumers Union, which publishes Consumer Reports magazine, told onlookers > of potential dangers for human health from the genetically engineered > hormone. > Mark Dunlea, Clearinghouse Coordinator of the Greens, explains that > the U.S. remains the only industrial country in the world that allows milk > with rBGH to be sold "because the Clinton administration is in bed with > Monsanto," the one and only manufacturer of Posilac, the trade name for the > hormone designed to stimulate greater milk production in cows. The Greens are > turning to New York State for help because of what they see as undue > influence of corporations like Monsanto on federal agencies. Dunlea > considered it "remarkable that Monsanto, the company that brought us PCBs and > Agent Orange, is permitted to run an unprecedented experiment on the American > people." > The hormone, which is also known as recombinant bovine somatotrophin > (rBST), is injected into cows to artificially boost their milk production. > Though it was approved in 1993 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it > has become newly controversial during the past year. The Canadian government > and the European Union recently issued scathing reports about rBGH, > reaffirming their bans on the drug. > Repeated injections of rBGH artificially stimulates cows to produce > up to 25% more milk than normal causing health problems for the cows, > including mastitis, and danger to consumers, especially children, who drink > rBGH milk or eat dairy products. Monsanto itself admits some twenty adverse > health effects for cows injected with its product. Among the most worrisome > is antibiotic resistance, according to Michael Hanson of Consumer's Union, > one of the speakers at the press conference. According to Hansen, cows > treated with rBGH are more likely to need antibiotics, spreading antibiotic > resistance in disease-causing microbes. Milk from cows treated with the > hormone has been shown to contain heightened levels of insulin-like growth > factor, or IGF-1. IGF-1 has been identified as a risk factor in breast, > prostate and colorectal cancer. > "How can we go on like this, blindly, when there are so many > unanswered human health questions?" asked Hansen. During the recent debate > on rBGH in Canada, apparent glitches in the U.S. regulatory process were > revealed. A Monsanto study showed that rats which were fed milk from > rBGH-treated cows developed abnormalities of the thyroid and prostate glands. > The FDA has said that it was unaware of the data from the study when it > approved the drug. Critics say that the results should have kept rBGH off > the market. > "This drug should never have been approved in the first place," said > Andy Zimmerman, a Green Party activist. "We need to know what's in our milk > so that we can protect our families' health." > The NYS Greens / Green Party of NYS are committed to ecology, peace, > grassroots democracy, and social justice. > - 30 - -- Back To The Blanket Journal: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/BackToTheBlanket Heroine Mu Gui-Ying http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Pagoda/7111 Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
