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Hormone-Growth Milk
In recent years use of the hormone to increase milk production has become an increasingly debatable topic for the dairy industry. Bovine growth hormone, or bovine somatotropin (also called bGH, rbGH, bST, or bST), help cows mature faster and produce more milk. The hormone is produced by cows' pituitary gland and an extra amino acid is attached before it's injected into dairy cows.
Though several nations, including all 25 European Union nations, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, have banned rBGH, the World Health Organization and U.S. Food and Drug Administration say that milk from rBGH treated cows is safe. The potential health hazards to both cows and humans make rBGH controversial. Opposing groups in the US want ban on bGH injections as these hormones cause health problems like lameness, reproductive trouble, and udder infections in dairy cows. More...
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