Tell Starbucks to say no to rBGH!
As if we needed another reason to not buy $3.50 cups of brown water….
“Starbucks uses milk produced with artificial growth hormones, also known as rBGH. In 1991, a report by Rural Vermont revealed serious health problems in rBGH-injected cows that were part of a Monsanto-financed study at the University of Vermont (UVM). Among these problems was an alarming rise in the number of deformed calves and dramatic increases in mastitis, a painful bacterial infection of the udder which causes inflammation and swelling. To treat mastitis outbreaks, the dairy industry has relied on antibiotics. Critics of rBGH point to the inadequacies of the federal government’s testing program for antibiotic residues in milk as well as the potential for increased use of antibiotics to contribute to the growing problem of antibiotic resistant bacteria as further reason the hormone should never have been approved”
Source: Hugg / Tell Starbucks to say no to rBGH! and The Meatrix
