crossposted from unbossed
Say you were a blogger and had written, oh, say, 20 or more stories on issues related to the use of Monsanto's rBST in milk. And say each time you wrote about the issue, for example, that the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture had created a fake consumer committee to assess milk labeling, you were asked: "So what's the story with rBST / rBGH?"
How do you explain why rBST in milk is a problem? Now there is an easy way to explain it all.
There are so many layers of problematic issues.
There's the science. There's the pressure Monsanto has exerted. There's Monsanto's many front groups. There's the suppression of unfavorable information and studies. There's the revolving door at the FDA with Monsanto officials vetting their own work during a short stint at the FDA at a critical point for Monsanto and then returning to Monsanto.
There's just so much. Each one of these topics can take a lot of 'splainin'. Believe me I have been in this situation many times.
I want to recommend a new 17 minute video that lays out all these issues clearly. The video is Your Milk on Drugs - The Dangers of rBGH in Dairy Products. You can view it at http://www.yourmilkondrugs.com/... You can alsd buy the dvd via that site.
Here is a small excerpt of issues discussed clearly by some of the key people working on this issue.
Although banned in most other industrialized nations due to the health risks to humans and harm to the animals, Monsanto’s genetically engineered bovine growth hormone (rBGH or rBST) is still injected into dairy cows in the US to increase milk-production.
So why was rBGH approved for use in the US? The approval of rBGH in our country is a story of fired whistleblowers, manipulated research, and a corporate takeover of the US Food and Drug Administration. US dairies responding to the health concerns of consumers by not injecting their herds, now battle with Monsanto for their right to label their milk as rBGH-free. For those familiar with the history of this controversial drug, and Monsanto, this is no surprise. Monsanto’s controversial past is plagued with toxic disasters, lawsuits and cover-ups.