In letters to the Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration, Monsanto is claiming that the advertising of some dairies falsely suggests that there are health and safety risks with
milk from cows treated with artificial growth hormones.
Many dairies now say their milk comes from cows not treated with the artificial growth hormone recombinant bovine somatotropin,
or rBST, which is manufactured by Monsanto. The FDA approved the use of the synthetic hormone in 1993.
Some consumers fear the synthetic hormones cause cancer or premature development
in children. Monsanto says a lab analysis of 95 different brands of milk purchased in 48 states found no differences, whether the cows that produced the milk were treated with the synthetic hormone or
not.
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