Outlaw Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone Now
For a moment, put yourself in John Elway's shoes. Imagine getting paid thousands of dollars to do a milk promotion. Now, would you still do the promotion if you knew the milk had come from a cow injected with hormones? The use of rBGH, Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone, has become a concern in the dairy industry. The controversy is over whether or not the hormone is harmful to the cows and people.
In animals and humans, there is a growth hormone produced. This protein hormone, produced in the pituitary gland, is fundamental for normal growth, development, and health maintenance. It was discovered sixty years ago that by injecting cows with GH, the growth hormone extracted from
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Out of those one thousand people surveyed in Wisconsin, 75% of them stated they would pay as much as forty-four cents extra per gallon to avoid genetically engineered hormones in their milk. Keep in mind that Wisconsin is the leading milk producing state (Rachel. "Hormones...")
Monsanto and the Food and Drug Administration are speaking with the same voice on this situation. The Food and Drug Administration says, "There is 'virtually' no difference between milk from cows injected with rBGH and cows not injected." However, virtually means almost (Rachel. "Trouble...").
Scientific evidence from the United States, England and Europe shows that complications with the injected cows do exist. Some of the problems showing with the cattle are as follows: more pus from infected cows' udders, more antibiotics given to cows to treat those infections, an "off" taste and shortened shelf life due to the pus, perhaps higher fat content and lower protein content and more of a tumor-promoting chemical known as IGF-I. This chemical has been implicated in cancers of the colon, smooth muscle, and breast (Rachel. "Hormones...").
More milk is exactly what the United States doesn't need. The slightest increase in milk production can lead to a drastic decline in milk prices. "In 1990-1991, a 3% increase in milk production led to a 35% decline in dairy prices" (Atwater). Declines such as these really
In 1990, there were over 9300 dairy farms in Ontario housing almost 450,000 cows. The farm-gate value of milk produced exceeded 1.3 billion dollars. At the retail level, dairy product sales in Ontario exceeded 4 billion dollars. The number of dairy herds in Ontario on a milk-testing program had declined from about 7100 in 1985 to 6000 in 1990. Moreover, a continued decrease was projected.
Factory farms regularly administer hormones to beef cattle and dairy cows in order to boost growth rates or increase milk production. When hormones are injected into an animal, some of the hormones pass into its waste, and can eventually contaminate surface and groundwater. Research demonstrates that hormone pollution can disrupt the development and reproductive systems of fish. Cows in the dairy industry can be given growth hormones in order to increase their milk production. Once their productivity declines, these cows are slaughtered for beef. The hormones commonly used by the U.S. dairy industry have been shown to significantly increase the risk of breast, prostate, and colon cancer in beef consumers. Some products are use in agriculture, such as pesticides (including insecticides, herbicides and fungicides), as well as synthetic fertilizers, hormones and antibiotics.
After 40 weeks, the cows were killed and scientist analyzed their tissue. “The organs and glands of the injected animals (thyroid, liver, heart, kidneys, ovaries, and so on) were much larger than in the control group, whereas the total weight of these cows when slaughtered was significantly lower. For example, the right ovary was on average 44 percent heavier in the group having received 5 times the dose than in the control group. The treated cows had significant reproductive problems: whereas 93 percent of the control group were successfully inseminated during the period, only 52 percent of cows from the injected groups were. From one injected animal to another, the hormone level in the blood varied considerably, the fourth group being a thousand times higher than that recorded in the control group.” This document was hidden from the public until it was leaked by an employee who disagreed with the companies evasiveness (Robin 33-34). Though many organic companies label whether there is antibiotic use or GH use in their products, many companies still do not tell the consumers if there is or not.
European Union’s Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health (SCVPH), have broken down steroids into two main categories, natural and synthetic, with three types for each category. Feedlots generally use three natural steroids which include estradiol, testosterone, and progesterone, and three synthetic or mad man steroids which are estrogen compound zeranol, androgen trenbolone acetate, and progestin melengestrol acetate. These steroids can be administered to the cattle through pellets. Manitoba Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives states, “pellets are injections given to cattle by inserting a needle into the middle third of the backside of the ear.” Since the ear of the cattle is merely tossed away in the slaughtering process, then this method of the delivering the steroids should be benign. Manitoba Agriculture, Food, and Rural Initiatives likewise add, “Improper use of pellets can cause higher levels of hormones to be left in the edible meats.” In addition, illicit use and administration of these steroids can harm not only the beef cattle but humans as well.
Abd El-Shaffy and G. A. Abd El-Rahman. El-Nor, Khalif and El-Shaffy are from the Dairy Science Department, National Research Centre, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. Khattab and El-Sayed are from the Animal Production Department Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Shoubra Al-Kheimah, Cairo, Egypt. The last author El-Rahman is from the Animal Production Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University. All that was just listed was the source of authority that these authors have in their country. These authors or professors are well-prepared to write about this topic because they talk about the whole experiment. They inform the reader about what was done in the experiment and what came out of the experiment. This article came from Revista Veterinaria. The intended readers are possibly Buffalo breeders to see what is the best way to feed the calf and what milk is the most nutritious. Also people that are interested in this topic can read this article as well. There
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) steroid implants used for animal growth are healthy for the animals and humans who eat the meat produced from the slaughtered animals. The FDA reports “People are not at risk from eating food from animals treated with these drugs because the amount of additional hormone following drug treatment is very small compared with the amount of natural hormones that are normally found in the meat of untreated animals and that are naturally produced in the human body.”(par.3) If people are not at risk then why are kids suffering
When most people think of cattle byproducts, they think of steak and leather, but are either forgetful or unaware of the other essential and inedible byproducts cattle provide society with. Many remain unaware that beef also contributes to vital goods and services. From airplane lubricants to piano keys produced from cattle bones, hormones and other products, arguably one of the most important cattle byproducts is medicine.
They're not dangerous, you can take them on a daily basis and you don't have to worry about any complications. They will help you work out quickly and more efficiently, and they will help you gain massive amounts of muscle. Better yet, they pose no complications to your heart, or any other critical organ inside your body. They're absolutely safe, they enhance your metabolism in other areas of your body to make working out and building muscle more efficient, but without compromising your health. They're not like steroids, steroids are dangerous and you should never take them. Growth hormone supplements are an alternative to steroids that accomplishes similar results but without the
The Cow and Calf division of the Animal Health segment markets its products direct to cattle ranchers. Such products include vaccines, medications, and antibiotics to support healthy and consistent herds of beef producing cattle. It segmented
The FDA states that all the different chemicals used for breeding livestock or crops are good for us, but if we eat products that contain these hormones and antibiotics, there has to be some long-term damage. If these products are causing problems in cows and makes them grow faster and greater, maybe these hormones make our question obesity and other health problems. Contaminate our bodies with synthetic chemicals that does not make any sense to
Dr. Praphul Joshi 10/23/2013 Controversial Public Health Issue There are several controversial issues confronting us today; from Universal Healthcare (Obama Care) to Stem Cell research, to vaccinations, to genetically engineered (GE)/genetically modified (GM) foods. However, I shall look at genetically modified foods as the controversial issue for this article. I shall look at an article from the mass media about this controversial public health issue and place emphasis on the message the document wants to convey and address any biases that may be within. In addition, I shall provide additional data or facts from another article to see if it supports or refutes the controversial message. It is my intention that this article will provide some clarity on genetically modified foods confronting us in the United States and the world over. Since the successful cloning of Dolly, the sheep, in July 5, 1996, Biotechnology has been praised and castigated at the same time.
Magazines, newspapers, and health blog posts have been talking about the unhealthy consequences of Bovine Growth Hormone (rBGH) for many years. The more people grew conscious of what they were consuming, the more they researched about their food. The usage of Bovine Growth Hormone among the dairy industries has caught the attention of many consumers. Countless studies that were done regarding rBGH treated milk only validated the negative effects of rBGH. Cows should not be treated with rBGH due to the detrimental effects the hormone has on cows ' health, the potential harmful effects it can have on consumers due to rampant antibiotic use, and the breaching of autonomy and rights abuses of the cows treated.
When the law changes imposing regulations such as minimum wage laws, quotas on production, work safety regulations, or limiting the use of certain inputs, companies must change their production process to fit these regulations. In 2013 the FDA “...asked producers of veterinary antibiotics to revise labels to make it effectively illegal for farmers and ranchers to administer drugs for the purpose of promoting growth” (Kesmodel et al, 1). Although this did not completely eliminate the use of antibiotics for growth purposes, it did force many ranchers to re-engineer their business processes. One of the main ways that farmers have changed the way they raise livestock is through the use of different methods to protect their livestock from disease such as using vaccines and probiotics to help protect animals (Kesmodel et al,
For many years now humans have been deceived that cow’s milk will provide many health benefits.
The reason farmers put hormones into a cow is the farmer wants really nice lean meat because people like lean meat and the hormones help the cow established better meat, they put hormones into dairy cows to keep them in heat and or put them into heat or keep them out of heat.