IGF-1, Milk and Cancer

AgInfo
January 30, 2007
Susan Allen

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I have got to give em credit, they just don’t give up …While you and I go about the process of daily living… little “tiddly-wink” activist keep tampering with our food choices! Our lattes will now cost more after Starbucks reported they will no longer use milk or cream that contains artificial hormones because the group Food and Water Watch whined! Who are they anyway! Since Bovine growth hormones were approved by the FDA over 13 years ago as a way to keep milk prices lower by increasing milk production, there has yet to be any documented cases of illness. Odds are your family and mine helped to drink the over 14 billion gallons of this milk sold and now I am supposed to fear it in my frappachino? Isn’t it interesting that the same food police that con us into paying up to $2.00 more per gallon for hormone free milk, and hammer fast food restaurants for trans fats, give Starbucks a free pass when it comes to the calorie count of say a white chocolate mocha or a maple nut scone. When are we going to stop letting a few wimpy activist dictate our food choices.

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nclnet.org
January 26, 2007

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WASHINGTON, DC — The nation’s oldest consumer group is urging the federal government to get involved in the current controversy surrounding milk labels, saying the practice of unqualified “hormone-free” labels can confuse consumers and may lead them to make purchasing decisions based on incomplete information. (Read on …)

John Block
January 25, 2007

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The St. Louis Post Dispatch quotes a mother buying milk. Here’s what she has to say: “I’m not sure what it is, but I think it’s bad.”

So, what is so bad? Milk from cows that receive a supplement called bST that increases their milk production. It was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1993. We’ve already been drinking the milk for 13 years with no ill effects. The milk from a cow that is given the supplement is identical to the milk from a cow that does not receive the supplement. It is indistinguishable. The cow just gives more milk. (Read on …)

American Council on Science and Health
January 17, 2007
By Julianne Chickering

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With frappuccinos and lattes already pushing $5, Starbucks is making changes that will cause coffee lovers to dig even deeper into their wallets — needlessly. Starbucks has stopped using dairy products produced by cows given recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) in company-owned stores in a few parts of the country… In an era when “chemicals” and “toxins” are being banned and eliminated from all sort of products without scientific proof such bans are necessary, Starbuck’s move away from rBGH-supplemented dairy is unsurprising. (Read on …)

Terry Etherton’s Blog
January 16, 2007

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After being approved for over ten years, the recent move to ban rbST use caught us by surprise. It seemed in the distance, since the movement was occurring on the east and west coasts. Then, in September 2006 we came face to face with the issue when our local co-op board (Prairie Farms) began discussing a ban on rbST use.

For over two months, no official information was given to the membership by the co-op leaders. Dairymen were left only to rumors, not knowing if, when or how a ban would take place. At that time, we decided to learn all we could and let our thoughts be known… (Read on …)