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• Posilac 1 Step Bovine Somatotropin (rbST) - Information about genetically-engineered bovine somatotropin, or bST, a natural protein produced in the pituitary glands of all cattle and it helps adult cows produce milk.
  
• FDA Warns Milk Producers to Remove "Hormone Free" Claims From the Labeling Of Dairy Products - Press release about the false advertising of such labeling.
  
• Milk and the Cancer Connection - Comprehensive review of the link between cancer and milk from cows treated with bovine growth hormone at Victoria's 'Net-Active' Community.
  
• HungerStrike Central - Statements by Richard Cohen, who went on a 205 day hunger strike to protest the introduction of milk from bGH-treated cows into the American food chain. Sharply critical of Monsanto and the FDA's actions.
  
• Consumers Union: U.S. and Europe Agree to Disagree on Safety of Dairy Hormone - Report on a decision by the U.N.'s main food safety body, the Codex Alimentarius Commission, not to endorse recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH), due to lack of consensus in the scientific community on its safety.
  
• Oakhurst Sued by Monsanto Over Milk Advertising - Monsanto says the claim by Oakhurst Dairy of Portland that its milk doesn't contain any artificial growth hormones which implies that it is safer or of higher quality is essentially misleading.
  
• International Dairy Foods Association Position on Bovine Somatotropin - IDFA position paper on biotechnology and BST, including Questions and Answers section.
  
• Bovine Growth Hormone: Harmless For Humans - U.S. Food and Drug Administration article on bovine growth hormone and safety for human consumption.
  
  

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