I do think it is ridiculous that you should have to pay $6 a gallon for organic milk, whose manufacturing processes are actually negatively impacting the environment. a cow that is treated with antibiotics for an infection cannot produce milk that will be used for human conception). However, concerns over increased pus levels and antibiotic levels in milk that reaches supermarket shelves are debunked by the fact that producers that treat cows for mastitis are held to strict regulations that call for withdraw periods (i.e.

It is true that rbST increases milk production considerably (usually by about 10%), and a side effect of this increased production is Mastitis (an udder infection). Additional concerns come from the side effects of bST on animal (cow) health. Somatotrophin is actually naturally produced in all species, and is also species specific (this fact rules out concerns over 'hormones' such as bST being metabolized by humans, as it is impossible). Bovine Somatotrophin is a naturally occurring protein produced in the pituitary of dairy cows. While I understand that many people are concerned over the effects of rbST (as it is properly written) in milk, the main issue is public perception, and with it public education. Chemicals ingested will go SOMEWHERE! If it affects the cows, you can be sure it will affect your family!Īs the daughter of a dairy farmer, and veterinary student (currently researching lactational physiology and milk production) I view this question and concern from a different stand point.

Try to find the products that are hormone-free if you want normal, healthy children. I believe with all my heart it is due to the hormones in dairy products and the red meat products. I was fitting 12-year-olds in D's and DD's. I argued with manufacturers who thought 32 was too small a chest-size to sell! We needed 28s and 30s in As, Bs, and Cs!The little girls were still just children, but with breasts the size of a medium fist. By the time I left the business in 1991, we were fitting 9-year-olds with bras that were far too large in order to get a cup size that would hold the child's breasts. In 1991, the average 'first bra' customer was 12 to 13, and she would be a 32B or 34A.

I worked in retail beginning in 1979 and became a certified fitter in the intimate apparel dept, evenutally working for a major department store chain in their buying office in the Midwest.

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