Chain (Kroger) opts for milk free of hormone

Jim wrote:
:: Interesting. Kroger claims they are honoring consumer preference in
:: getting rid of milk products raised with synthetic hormones.
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:: Could this be the start of some kind of rebellion against "chemically
:: assisted foods"?

Which could help slow down the "chemically assisted growth rate" in kids.

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:: Chain opts for milk free of hormone
:: From Times Wire Reports
:: August 5, 2007
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:: One of the nation's largest retail grocery chains has announced
:: plans to switch to milk free of synthetic hormones.
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:: The announcement from Kroger Co. is a blow to Monsanto Co., which
:: already had been reducing inventory of its milk production-boosting
:: hormone as Starbucks Coffee Co. and other retailers rejected it.
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:: Monsanto, based in suburban St. Louis, markets the hormone rBST, or
:: recombinant bovine somatotropin, under the brand name Posilac. The
:: Food and Drug Administration and the company contend that the
:: hormone is safe.
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:: Kroger, based in Cincinnati, said consumer preference, not safety
:: concerns, prompted its decision.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-breifs05.1aug05,1,1313238.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Roger Zoul said:

Jim wrote:
:: Interesting. Kroger claims they are honoring consumer preference in
:: getting rid of milk products raised with synthetic hormones.
::
::
:: Could this be the start of some kind of rebellion against "chemically
:: assisted foods"?

Which could help slow down the "chemically assisted growth rate" in kids.

I've had a suspicion for years that the growth hormones in food
production somehow are involved in obesity rates.

No data, just a suspicion.

Quoted message said:

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:: Chain opts for milk free of hormone
:: From Times Wire Reports
:: August 5, 2007
::
:: One of the nation's largest retail grocery chains has announced
:: plans to switch to milk free of synthetic hormones.
::
:: The announcement from Kroger Co. is a blow to Monsanto Co., which
:: already had been reducing inventory of its milk production-boosting
:: hormone as Starbucks Coffee Co. and other retailers rejected it.
::
:: Monsanto, based in suburban St. Louis, markets the hormone rBST, or
:: recombinant bovine somatotropin, under the brand name Posilac. The
:: Food and Drug Administration and the company contend that the
:: hormone is safe.
::
:: Kroger, based in Cincinnati, said consumer preference, not safety
:: concerns, prompted its decision.
::
::
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-breifs05.1aug05,1,1313238.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

Jim said:

I've had a suspicion for years that the growth hormones in food
production somehow are involved in obesity rates.

No data, just a suspicion.

It wouldn't be at all surprising. Monsanto insists (and the US
government backs them up) that rBST is harmless because it's no
different from the natural BST that cows already have; but even if
that's true, it misses the point. Monsanto isn't giving the stuff
away for free, so livestock producers are using it for the same reason
athletes use steroids: *they work*. Cows on rBST grow bigger faster
and make more milk than cows that just have the hormones they were
born with.

We banned DDT, which could be saving millions of people from malaria,
because it had the potential to work up through multiple steps of the
food chain to humans and bald eagles. Yet we're injecting the actual
animals we're going to eat with synthetic hormones and believing they
can't possibly affect us. Amazing.

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