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» 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.
   http://www.consumersunion.org/food/bghny899.htm

» 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.
   http://www.hungerstrike.com

» 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.
   http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0708-10.htm

» 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.
   http://www.monsantodairy.com