Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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 BGH milk."
He also wrote the FDA in 1989 outlining basically the same concerns about biosynthetic milk hormones. He and other scientists have subsequently published some alarming papers detailing potential hazards.
Among other things, Epstein cites research showing that rbgh in milk induces a sustained increase in Insulin Growth Factor (IGF-1), " a growth factor for human breast cancer cells, maintaining their malignancy, progression and invasiveness. |
| Epstein's next move was to compile a presentation of all available veterinary and public health hazards of rbgh, which was published by the highly prestigious peer-reviewed International Journal of Health Services. Then he got an unexpected break.
One morning in October 1989, Dr. Epstein received a large box without any indication of its sender, other than a Washington, D.C. postmark. He figured it was another package from a whistleblower. |
Andreas Moritz
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 The prestigious medical journal, Lancet, reported in 1998 that breast cancer is seven times higher in women with tiny increases in the growth hormone, Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1), which comes from cows injected with rbgh. Two years before this report, the International Journal of Health Sciences stated that IGF-1 concentrations are ten times higher in rbgh milk and can be absorbed through our intestines, and increase our risk of cancer among other diseases.
With increasing usage of genetically engineered plants, we will be faced with the following global scenario:
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Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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| BGH industries. These concerns are the more serious as, with FDA's acquiescence, the industries involved have systematically misrepresented or suppressed adverse data, and failed to investigate a wide range of critical public health concerns. |
| BGH." The Report further emphasized that "The Human Health Implications" of the immunological findings in rats should have been thoroughly evaluated, (and) the nature of the product should have prompted more exhaustive and further toxicological studies in laboratory animals."
Health Canada failed to be responsive to the Gaps Report, and to documentation provided by Dr. Epstein. However, these concerns evoked a series of Parliamentary hearings, in which Dr. Chopra played a major role, which detailed the scientific basis for the Gaps Report. |
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High Dose
Questions and Answers on Synthetic Bovine Growth Hormones International Journal of Health Services, 20:573-582,1990
Questions are posed and answered on synthetic bovine growth (milk) hormones (s-BGH), covering a wide range of areas of critical international concern. These areas include the data base on s-BGH; efficacy and benefits to the dairy industry; veterinary effects; public health effects; Food and Drug Administration approval; and the FDA review process.
Natural bovine growth hormone (n-BGH) is a protein hormone that controls bovine growth and lactation. |
Andreas Moritz
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| In 1994, the genetically engineered growth hormone rbgh, designed to increase milk production in cows, was approved for use in the U.S. About a third of U.S. farmers now use it to speed up milk production. The viruses used to make the growth hormone, of course, are in the milk. The prestigious medical journal, Lancet, reported in 1998 that breast cancer is seven times higher in women with tiny increases in the growth hormone, Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-1), which comes from cows injected with rbgh. |
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D.
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| BGH." This charge evoked strong concerns by Senator Patrick Leahy, other Senators and members of Congress whose requests for independent investigation were largely thwarted by the FDA and strong pro-industry interests.
These are just some of the early highlights of Dr. Epstein's tireless efforts, much of which is documented in this excellent compilation. Over and over again, he has presented conclusive evidence, exposed industry spin, uncovered tampered research, and represented all of us by demanding healthy food. This compilation is more than just an historical document. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Taylor, a lawyer who joined the FDA in 199 / after almost a decade as a partner in the law firm that Monsanto hired to gain FDA approval of rbgh, and also to bring Monsanto's lawsuits against milk producers who labeled their products as rBGH-free.
So what are the concerns about rbgh? Well, there are many that are currently known and many, we suspect, that are currently unknown, as there have been no long-term safety studies humans. |
| BGH milk is more likely to be contaminated by pus from mastitis induced by rbgh and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
• rbgh milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), excess levels of which have been suggested to increase the risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
Our view is that even if there were no health concerns associated with the use of rbgh, its use might not be a good thing for economic reasons. The government already subsidizes the milk industry by buying approximately $2 billion of milk surpluses each year. |
| BGH. Monsanto has filed lawsuits opposing the labeling of milk produced by drug-treated cows and has gone one step further by en-
(continued on next page) listing the help of the FDA to also oppose labeling of products that are free ofrBGH. While the FDA says there is "no significant difference" between milk from rBGH-treated cows and milk from cows not treated, and thus a label saying "rBGH-free" would imply a difference that did not exist, this position may not be entirely true. The FDA's position on labeling was developed under the direction of Michael R. |
| BGH milk is more likely to be contaminated by pus from mastitis induced by rbgh and antibiotics used to treat the mastitis.
• rbgh milk is supercharged with high levels of a natural growth factor (IGF-1), excess levels of which have been suggested to increase the risk of breast, colon, and prostate cancers.
Our view is that even if there were no health concerns associated with the use of rbgh, its use might not be a good thing for economic reasons. The government already subsidizes the milk industry by buying approximately $2 billion of milk surpluses each year. |
Michael Friedman, ND
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 Purchase fresh organic produce, meats and milk free from rbgh RBGH is a hormone to increase milk production in cows. It causes mastitis requiring lots of antibiotics in ' cows that can be passed on to humans, which in turn, can create new incurable diseases. Buy produce at your local farmers' market or join a buying club. Purchase local organic produce in season. Vegetarians have far fewer endocrine disruptors found in their blood than people that consume meat. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Two years before this report, the International Journal of Health Sciences stated that IGF-1 concentrations are ten times higher in rbgh milk and can be absorbed through our intestines, and increase our risk of cancer among other diseases.
With increasing usage of genetically engineered plants, we will be faced with the following global scenario:
1. Loss of thousands of species of plants
2. All small farmers have to give up their farming businesses
3. Creation of Frankenstein foods that our bodies won't know how to handle
4. Super weeds resistant to all herbicides
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Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Jay's whey protein, for example, comes from cows not treated with rbgh (synthetic hormones), and I learned from talking to Jay this morning that he's working hard on introducing organic protein products in both categories (organic whey and organic egg protein). Once those are available, they will become the obvious choice for consumers seeking organic, natural protein products with no junk and no chemical additives. (We'll report on these products here at NewsTarget as soon as they're announced.)
Jay's products are also known for what they don't contain. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Monsanto lists on its rbgh label that increased twinning rates is one of the possible side effects of use. Gary Steinman, an expert on multiple births and assistant clinical professor of obstetrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, contends that since dairy products from injected cows have higher IGF-1 levels, they should likewise increase twinning rates among milk drinkers.38
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\his is a novel protein manufactured by genetically modified organisms and its characteristics have never been fully evaluated. It needs to be checked out before it is widely introduced into the human diet. |
Mike Adams
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 Use of rbgh is also known to increase the amount of pus, bacteha, and antibiotic contamination in milk, since cows given rbgh are more susceptible to disease.
- Robyn Landis, Herbal Defense
Government regulatory agencies refuse to test cows for hormone effects
The use of BGH is fully supported by the FDA and USDA, both of which refuse to actually test all milk for the presence of BGH before it is consumed by humans. (Similar to the way in which these two agencies also refuse to test all cows for mad cow disease. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Processed "mainstream" milk is also taken from dairy cows pumped up with antibiotics, rbgh (Bovine Growth Hormone) and usually treated very poorly in terms of ethics. Even the popular brands showing happy cows and claiming to be organic are under intense fire by the Organic Consumers Association (www.OrganicConsumers.org) for exploiting certain loopholes that allow non-organic cows to be suddenly considered "organic" on the day they're giving milk.
Processed cow's milk is bad for your health and bad for the cows who give it. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| Samuel Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition and an expert on the health effects of rbgh, says that risks of high exposure to IGF-1 are "of particular concern ... to infants and children in view of their high susceptibility to cancer-causing products and chemicals."22 He also suggests that regular exposure might promote "premature growth stimulation in infants, gynecomastia [development of abnormally large breasts on males] in young children. |
Mike Adams
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| What's gone wrong with Monsanto's rbgh? Synthetic hormones used in our food-producing livestock pose risks too serious to cover up. If a serious problem exists, why has only 50 percent of rbgh sales been curtailed, instead of 100 percent? Consumers and dairy farmers deserve a complete and honest explanation of why the FDA has restricted this drug. |
by Michael Murray, N.D. and Joseph Pizzorno, N.D.
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| Our view is that even if there were no health concerns associated with the use of rbgh, its use might not be a good thing for economic reasons. The government already subsidizes the milk industry by buying approximately $2 billion of milk surpluses each year. Furthermore, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment predicted in 1995 that widespread use of rbgh could put 30 percent of all dairy farmers out of business. It is clear that we do not need more milk production. |
Mike Adams
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| The FDA refuses to implement a test for rbgh levels in all dairy products, insisting there is no need because it is safe. Not everyone is so sure, however.
Dr. George Tritsch, a cancer researcher recently retired from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, says that drinking milk from rBGH-supplemented cows increases insulin growth factor (IGF-1), which may enhance tumor cell growth. |
| Use of rbgh is also known to increase the amount of pus, bacteha, and antibiotic contamination in milk, since cows given rbgh are more susceptible to disease.
- Robyn Landis, Herbal Defense
Government regulatory agencies refuse to test cows for hormone effects
The use of BGH is fully supported by the FDA and USDA, both of which refuse to actually test all milk for the presence of BGH before it is consumed by humans. (Similar to the way in which these two agencies also refuse to test all cows for mad cow disease. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| They consume more milk, which may be from cows treated with rbgh.
3. The emergence of antibiotic-resistant diseases may also significandy impact those children who are prone to recurring infections.
GM foods are more dangerous for children than adults
Changes in nutrition have a greater impact on the structure and functioning of young, fast-growing bodies. More of the food is converted to build organs and tissues, whereas adults convert more to energy and store this as fat. |
| The Canadian scientists also testified before the Senate that they were pressured to approve rbgh by their superiors, that documents were stolen from a locked file cabinet and that Monsanto offered them a bribe of $l-$2 million to approve the drug without further study.25
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She more IGF, the more the ovary is stimulated to re/ease additional eggs at ovulation. "26
—Gary Steinman, obstetrician, multiple birth expert, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1. Higher IGF-1 levels increase the rate of twin births.
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| And children who are prone to infections may be severely impacted if antibiotics lose their effectiveness due to antibiotic-resistant genes in GM food and the overuse of antibiotics in rbgh treated cows.
Children have a high exposure to GMOs
Children consume a large amount of products that may be genetically engineered. They eat a higher percentage of corn in their diet compared to adults, and allergic children often rely on corn as a source of protein. Mothers using cornstarch as a talc substitute on their children's skin might also expose them via inhalation. |
| US shoppers reject rbgh 2006-07
The Boston Globe reported in September 2006 that "The region's biggest dairies are rushing to rid their bottled milk of artificial growth hormones." They wrote "If more dairies jump on board, it could be a tipping point in the long-running debate about the safety of using synthetic hormones to spur milk production."14
Two weeks later, the manager of a milk producers' co-op told the New York Times, "It seems to be an explosion in the industry.... All of a sudden we have national processors like Dean Foods taking entire plants hormone-free. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 This is why Canada does not allow rbgh milk from the U.S. because it is so much higher in IGF-1. In essence, this is still at the level of theoretical speculation but we feel it merits a preventive attention. Our sense is that one should have at best a minimum of soy in the diet if including any cooked food as part of an 80-percent-live, 20-percent-cooked food cuisine. The following chart shows how pervasive soy is in our so-called health foods. The 40-gram level of IGF-1-creating soy protein from the study, as you will see in the chart, is easy to achieve. |
Mike Adams
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| If a serious problem exists, why has only 50 percent of rbgh sales been curtailed, instead of 100 percent? Consumers and dairy farmers deserve a complete and honest explanation of why the FDA has restricted this drug.
Of course, when there's money to be made, you're unlikely to hear the truth from anyone standing in line to receive some of that money - and that certainly includes the majority of magazine publishers, newspaper publishers, cable companies and media outlets. They all benefit from milk advertising ("milk money"). |
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