Thank-you for the bringing this article to our attention & for your continuing Sierra Club support.

I strongly agree with the suggestion that the growth hormones & antibiotics that are being routinely fed to animals from birth & then subsequently consumed by humans are a major contributing factor in the rapid rise of human chronic illness & disease.   It goes beyond  irresponsibility for Monsanto to treat animals like this just to deepen their profit margin, &  becomes unconscionable when we consider the toll it is taking in human health.  Hormones & synthetic drugs in our food & water supply are tragically translating into escalating human suffering & premature death.  I say tragic because for the most part, it is preventable.

The hormonal, pharmaceutical drug, & bacteria levels in our ground water are unacceptable & dangerous.   Just in Iowa nearly 200 waterways are considered sufficiently polluted to warrent not using them.  The extemely high estrogen levels found in Lake Mead have already altered the reproductive systems of the fish... . Lake Mead being the main source of human drinking water for 5 states.  Is it any wonder doctors report an MS epidemic in Colorado?  Is it any wonder we have 80+ new autoimmune conditions today that didnt exist even 25 years ago? 

Our hormones are out of balance today on a large scale in the general population.  Yes,  Monsanto has a tremendous amount of clout.  The chemical industry is huge.  Next to oil, the number 2 industry in the world.  So is the trillion dollar Food Industry. We need to do everything we can to fight them & others like them and support those research & development companies like Mannatech, Inc  & Mannarelief instead.  There is a world-wide groundswelling of integrity & stewardship found in Mannatechs grassroots movement.  I am confident that this Earth will survive with other companies of equally high standards & consciousness in the future.  The huge chemical industries are in for the battle of their life with the Truth & God on our side! 

 

Sincerely,

Sharon Johnson

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>From: Tom Mathews <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: "Iowa Discussion, Alerts and Announcements" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Monsanto, hormones and arrogance
>Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 03:36:35 EDT
>
>Dr. Jim Diamond's comments are just one example of the excellent work he has
>done for the Sierra Club national Genetic Engineering Committee (GEC). Jim is
>now chair of the GEC.
>
>Tom Mathews,
>Voting Member, Sierra Club GEC
>
>Subj: Monsanto, hormones and arrogance
>Date: 03-07-09 15:46:14 EDT
>From: [log in to unmask] (Jim Diamond)
>Sender: [log in to unmask] (Biotech Forum)
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>
> Monsanto's legal department was seen flexing its muscles the other
>day:
>
>Monsanto sues Oakhurst Dairy over advertising, labeling
>PORTLAND, Maine
>The Associated Press., July 8, 2003
>
>Oakhurst Dairy Inc. is being sued by Monsanto Co., which alleges that
>Oakhurst's marketing campaign that touts its milk as being free of
>artificial growth hormones is misleading.
>
>The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, demands that Oakhurst
>stop advertising that it doesn't sell milk from hormone-treated cows. It
>also asks that the dairy stop putting labels on its milk containers reading
>"Our Farmers' Pledge: No Artificial Growth Hormones."
>
>Monsanto officials said Oakhurst's ads and labels are deceptive and
>disparage Monsanto's products with the inference that milk from untreated
>cows is better than milk from hormone-treated cows.
>
>. . .
>
>Monsanto spokesman Lee Quarles said Monsanto has not filed similar lawsuits
>against other dairies, but wouldn't say whether more were planned. Monsanto
>filed similar suits against two dairies in Illinois about 10 years ago, and
>both were settled out of court under confidential terms, he said.
>
>. . .
>
>Earlier this year, Maine Attorney General Steven Rowe rejected a request
>from Monsanto that Maine abandon its Quality Trademark Seal program that
>indicates when milk is free of artificial growth hormones.
>
>Monsanto argued that the seal, which was adopted in 1994, misleads
>consumers into thinking that hormone-free milk is superior to milk using an
>artificial growth hormone.
>
>COMMENT: Recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) has the effect of making
>cows produce more milk. They cows have more udder infections, need more
>antibiotics, and have other health problems related to the hormone imbalance
>such as
>painful hooves. On the grounds of animal welfare alone, without considering
>the impacts on human health, it's reasonable to chose milk from cows which
>aren't being injected with this genetically engineered product. However it's
>been
>concerns about human health which have led to banning rBGH treated milk in
>Canada and the EU.
>
>Milk from rBGH treated cows has more of a growth factor called IGF-1. Humans
>as well as cows produce IGF-1 but there is concern that getting extra IGF-1
>may be harmful. This growth factor has been shown to encourage the growth of
>breast, prostate and colon cancers. With what we know today, it's entirely
>reasonable for an intelligent person to wish to limit dietary intake of IGF-1
>and
>therefore to chose milk from cows which weren't hormone treated.
>
>Monsanto's legal department isn't being used to defend itself from unfair
>business practices; their position is more like, "I know what's good for you.
>You'll eat what's on the table. Shut up or I'll smack you." They do have
>clout
>-- the Secretary of Agriculture worked for them (and some would point out
>that she still does). Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas worked for them.
>Let's all do what we can to help fight these bullies.
>
>
>Jim Diamond, M.D.
>Sierra Club Genetic Engineering Committee (chair)
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