Links and resources
Schools Can Serve rBGH-Free and Organic Milk! Food & Water Watch, December 2009.
rBGH: How Artificial Hormones Damage the Dairy Industry and Endanger Public Health; report from Food & Water Watch, July 2009.
PCC's response to a Dec. 19, 2007, guest column on the Opinion page of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Original guest column: Organic milk production leaves big footprint, Jon B. Wheeler, Guest Columnist, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12.19.2007.
Quality standards, product changes. Breyer's ice cream is discontinued because it cannot verify its "all natural" product is made from milk produced without rBGH. September 2006 Sound Consumer.
Hospitals serving organic food. More than 2,000 U.S. hospitals now access natural and organic foods, including milk produced without rBGH. September 2006 Sound Consumer.
Tillamook bans rBGH. April 2005 Sound Consumer.
Class action against Breyers for allowing rBGH, April 2005 Sound Consumer.
rBGH problems. Monsanto cuts back on production of this synthetic hormone, March 2004 Sound Consumer.
Raging hormones. The state of Maine refuses to stop labeling non-rBGH milk, May 2003 Sound Consumer.
What's wrong with GE foods? Biotech companies are corrupting many of the common foods we eat, creating worrisome new health and environmental risks, and threatening the organic foods industry. April 2003 Sound Consumer.
Is your school milk rBGH free? See sidebar in October 2001 Sound Consumer article.
"What's In Your Milk?, An Exposé of Industry and Government Cover-Up on the DANGERS of the Genetically Engineered (rBGH) Milk You’re Drinking." Book by Samuel S. Epstein, M.D. Cancer Prevention Coalition Web site.
"Blowing the Whistle on rBGH: Dairy Farmers and Monsanto employees Speak Out; What compelled Sam Epstein to write GOT (Genetically Engineered) MILK!. Cancer Prevention Coalition Web site.
Study Warns of Colon and Breast Cancer Risks from rBGH Milk. Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Petition seeking withdrawal of the new animal drug application approval for Posilac — recombinant bovine growth hormone (PDF). Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Leading advocates against rBGH milk file citizens petition with FDA (PDF). Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Hormonal Milk Poses Greater Risks than just Twinning. By Samuel Epstein, M.D., Cancer Prevention Coalition.
Genetically-Engineered Anti-Aging Medication, Monsanto Milk Are Major, Unrecognized Risks of Breast Cancer. May 19, 2003.
FDA Is Ignoring Dangers of Bovine Growth Hormone. By Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Special to the American-Statesman, June 2, 1990.
Monsanto's Genetically Modified Milk Ruled Unsafe by the United Nations. Press release, August 18, 1999.
The 'Milk is Milk' Industry Campaign threatens public health. News release, February 4, 2005.