Saturday, April 7, 2007

What's In Your Milk?

"Up in arms over what they describe as deceptive milk labeling, Monsanto and more than 500 individuals - many of them dairy farmers - have appealed to two federal agencies to put a halt to advertising strategies that disparage milk from cows treated with Monsanto's artificial hormone rBST.

..According to Monsanto, a recent lab analysis of 95 different brands of retail milk purchased in 48 states confirmed that there is no difference in the hormone content of milk from cows that were injected with rBST and milk from those that weren't.

Yet out in the marketplace, it's a different story. Consumers are seeing labels and advertisements that promote milk from cows that haven't been treated with rBST as healthier and safer for their families to drink."


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