Hoosier Political Action

[ohiorganic]

I got this in my email box the other day. Ohio is going through a similar deal and winning. PA just beat Monsatan about this last week. So this is a very winnable fight against The MAN

Hello all,
 
We are in the fight to defeat HB 1300.  We need your help. Contact your state representative again and tell them why they should vote no on HB 1300 when it reached the House floor on Monday. Explain why they should oppose it and questions they should raise on the House floor. Send to other state reps as well. Find email addresses here www.in.gov/legislative/legislators/
 
This law would outlaw the right of consumers to know how their food is raised and therefore steal their right to express a choice in buying food products. For instance, milk could no longer be labeled "this milk is rBGH free" or "this milk was produced from animals that were not injected with rGBH."
 
Proponents say there is no difference in the milk produced from cows who are injected with rGBH or those who were not. In other words, it does not matter whether cows receive injections of rGBH. IT MATTERS TO ME!
 
I do not want to support use of rGBH by purchasing milk produced with it. Just because there is no detectable difference doesn't mean that there is no difference. Monsanto's own package insert for Prolisac states that use may increase mastitis (see exerpt from one Canadian study below.)
 
We are told there was no difference between genetically modified organisms or GMOs and the organisms they replace in the food chain, yet differences continue to appear. Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone called is termed recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), or recombinant bovine somatotropin,  (rBST). This is not THE natural hormone, bovine growth hormone. It may mimic it, but is not the same. Human growth hormone is a natural hormone, but when athletes use it we call it cheating.
 
rBGH and Human Health Problems Resulting from Mastitis (I)

“Based on the proposed label supplied by Monsanto, the increased risk of mastitis [inflammation of the udder] that may be associated with rBST has human health implications (antibiotic resistance in farm-borne human pathogens)…

“BST-induced mastitis is harder to treat than naturally occurring mastitis and duration of treatment is longer due to higher incidence of infection with S. aureus... There is a one third higher incidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. BST use increases the amounts of drugs in general to treat the various adverse effects it causes in cattle.”

– “rBST (NUTRILAC) ‘Gaps Analysis’ Report.” Report of the rBST Internal Review Team, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada.. April 21, 1998.

 
Let's win this fight!

[sandbar]

Now, where is my magnifying glass?

OH, ss there anyway to enlarge the font and make it wrap? It's a very tiny font and about three screens wide on my system.

Thanks.

[PapaVic]

Hello all,

We are in the fight to defeat HB 1300. We need your help. Contact your state representative again and tell them why
they should vote no on HB 1300 when it reached the House floor on Monday. Explain why they should oppose it and questions
they should raise on the House floor. Send to other state reps as well. Find email addresses here www.in.gov/legislative/legislators/

This law would outlaw the right of consumers to know how their food is raised and therefore steal their right to express a choice
in buying food products. For instance, milk could no longer be labeled "this milk is rBGH free" or "this milk was produced from
animals that were not injected with rGBH."

Proponents say there is no difference in the milk produced from cows who are injected with rGBH or those who were not.
In other words, it does not matter whether cows receive injections of rGBH. IT MATTERS TO ME!

I do not want to support use of rGBH by purchasing milk produced with it. Just because there is no detectable difference
doesn't mean that there is no difference. Monsanto's own package insert for Prolisac states that use may increase mastitis
(see exerpt from one Canadian study below.)

We are told there was no difference between genetically modified organisms or GMOs and the organisms they replace
in the food chain, yet differences continue to appear. Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone called is termed
recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), or recombinant bovine somatotropin, (rBST). This is not THE natural hormone,
bovine growth hormone. It may mimic it, but is not the same. Human growth hormone is a natural hormone, but when athletes
use it we call it cheating.

rBGH and Human Health Problems Resulting from Mastitis (I)

“Based on the proposed label supplied by Monsanto, the increased risk of mastitis [inflammation of the udder] that may be
associated with rBST has human health implications (antibiotic resistance in farm-borne human pathogens)…

“BST-induced mastitis is harder to treat than naturally occurring mastitis and duration of treatment is longer due to higher
incidence of infection with S. aureus... There is a one third higher incidence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. BST use increases the
amounts of drugs in general to treat the various adverse effects it causes in cattle.”

– “rBST (NUTRILAC) ‘Gaps Analysis’ Report.” Report of the rBST Internal Review Team, Health Protection Branch, Health Canada
April 21, 1998.


Let's win this fight!

[Alan]

Thanks for Posting this Papa Vic. I was going to post it the other day after I saw it posted by the local Co-op mailing list but had fogotten due to a bad case of Bronchitus that I have been fighting and a handfull of anit-biotics and cough syrup. Thanks for the reminder.