Sore cow tits aside...was HealthCanada *bribed* by "Greenies", or was it just a case of misguided lobbying? Look at this, no one can find a reason for blocking the Monsanto milk hormone!
I wonder if this could turn into a scandal...
Monsanto gets new federal OK on milk hormone
ST. LOUIS -- Reaffirming that a Monsanto Co. (MTC) drug is safe, the nation's top health officer has rejected appeals from critics to pull the genetically engineered product from the market. Donna E. Shalala, secretary of health and human services, said the critics of BST -- the drug that increases cows' milk production -- have raised "no new scientific concerns" about the drug's safety. That means the Food and Drug Administration, which reports to her, "does not intend to remove the product from the market," Shalala said in a letter sent Thursday to Vermont Sens. Patrick J. Leahy and James M. Jeffords. After a slow start, the drug, sold under the brand name Posilac, has recorded
higher sales each year. Last year, it produced an estimated $200 million in revenue. Canada's top health agency, HealthCanada, rejected BST last week. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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