Important science-based evidence from Dr. Dale Bauman, Cornell University: Growth hormones exist naturally in a dairy cow and in the milk she produces. The hormone, called bovine somatotropin (bST) or bovine growth hormone (bGH), is a determining factor in how much milk the cattle can produce. Read the full article at MSN…
Terry Etherton
I attended a dairy producer meeting in Breese, Illinois on December 18, 2006. It was an excellent meeting that was organized by two producers, Boyd Schaufelberger and Frank Doll. Over 100 producers attended the meeting. The meeting was prompted by the recent public discussion surrounding recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST)-free milk and truth-in-labeling. I have written previous articles on this topic, and the reader is directed to these for an in-depth analysis. Read the rest of this entry »
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Dean Foods, H.P. Hood and other milk merchandisers now are catching “heat” from consumers over their push to market “rBST-free” or “no rBST” milk. Last week, the National Organization for African Americans in Housing, a non-profit advocate for low-income citizens, called on U.S. Food and Drug Administration to stop dairy processors from deceptively marketing “no rBST” milk. Read the full text of this article…
by Alan Caruba, humanevents.com
On December 5 some Starbucks customers in New York and Washington, D.C., two major media centers, could look up from their double lattes and see a small group of idiots dressed up as cows protesting outside their favorite bistro. Unfortunately for the protesters, the media ignored their valiant effort to advance the interests of Food and Water Watch, but good news for consumers. Read the full text of this article…
In a news relase, the National Organization for African Americans in Housing (NOAAH) calls on the FDA to stop dairy processors from marketing “no rBST milk,” noting that the milk is identical to other milk, but forces low-income consumers to needlessly pay higher prices for milk. Read the full text of news release…
by Bob Meyer, brownfieldnetwork.com
Audio related to this article: Dr. Terry Etherton talks about the rBST-free movement
A dairy cooperative in Illinois is the latest to suggest providing rBST-free milk. Prairie Farms Dairy Cooperative CEO, Ed Mullins says they have had customers ask for the milk so the Carlinville-based co-op is looking at switching two of their 24 milk processing plants to rBST-free. Mullins says producers would sign affidavits promising not to use the synthetic hormone. “We are not trying to stop the technology you are using,” he says, “The problem stems from an uninformed consumer.” Read the full text of this article…
Terry Etherton
Some consumers view the word hormone with concern. What is a hormone? In this Blog I will discuss what hormones are, what the endocrine system is, and that it is a natural part of biology.
The word hormone is derived from the Greek verb hormao, meaning to excite or arouse. A hormone is a substance that sets in motion a set of metabolic events that would otherwise lie dormant. All of the hormones together form a communication network in the body that is called the endocrine system. Another way of viewing the endocrine system is to imagine at any given moment the circulatory system (the blood) of animals and humans is literally packed with thousands of these chemical messengers moving about the body sort of like an urban freeway on a late Friday afternoon. Read the rest of this entry »
