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Biotech / Medical : Monsanto Co. -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jopawa who wrote (873)	1/14/1999 2:42:00 PM
From: Dan Spillane	Respond to of 2539

SORE COW TITS? The "greenies" have gone too far this time! Should we make veal illegal, since baby animals are tortured and killed early? If each cow produces less milk, won't farmers have to crowd more cows in...will they have sore hips and be sicker because of this? I doubt this kind of thing will actually stick, despite what the newspaper article says...certainly not in the US, and I doubt Canada. Canada to reject Monsanto growth hormone - report OTTAWA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Canada's health department has decided not to approve the use of a controversial hormone manufactured by Monsanto Co. (NYSE:MTC - news) that boosts milk production in cows, a newspaper report said on Thursday. Toronto's Globe and Mail newspaper said Health Canada will reject the bovine growth hormone recombinant bovine somatropin (rBST), because of a new report that finds the drug may hurt the health of animals injected with it. Although Health Minister Allan Rock has said no decision on approving the drug would be made until June, the newspaper said the report's findings will effectively quash approval. Official announcement of the decision is expected Friday. Monsanto's nine-year battle to have the genetically engineered hormone approved in Canada has been mired in controversy, including allegations that the chemical giant offered Health Canada reviewers bribes in return for the hormone's approval. St. Louis-based Monsanto said the money was to oversee studies. The failure to win approval in Canada would come as a huge blow for Monsanto and likely fuel opposition to the use of the hormone in the United States, where rBST has been approved for use by dairy farmers since 1993. Critics of the hormone say its use could result in more udder infections in cows and thereby lead to increased use of antibiotics, which could end up in milk. According to the newspaper report, Health Canada consultants concluded that there are legitimate animal welfare concerns associated with the use of the hormone. ''These included an increased risk of clinical mastitis and lameness and a reduction in the life span of treated cows,'' the newspaper said, quoting the report.