Missouri: Take Action on rBGH!
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As introduced, House Bill 2283 (Rep. Cunningham) and Senate Bill 1279 (Sen. Clemens) would have banned any type of labeling that enables consumers to know if their dairy products were produced through the use of Posilac (also known as rBGH and rBST). Posilac is Monsanto's genetically engineered bovine growth hormone that causes cows to produce more milk, while increasing their infection rate (and anti-biotic use) and shortening the cows' lives. The latest version of Senate Bill 1279 (modified in committee on April 15, 2008) would require milk labels to state that the FDA sees no significant difference in milk regardless of synthetic hormone use. The law would require this statement to be equal in size, placement and prominence to any label claim that milk comes from dairies that are rbST-free. We can't let Monsanto and its supporters in the MO legislature to harass dairies this way! Monsanto may have won at the federal level, convincing the FDA that there is no significant difference in milk produced with Posilac, but consumers know better. We know that Posilac is bad for cows and that it poses health risks to humans that haven't been acknowledged by the FDA. Tell Missouri Legislators to...Vote NO on House Bill 2283 and Senate Bill 1279! Call Senate Majority Floor Leader Charlie Shields and the members of the Senate Agriculture, Conservation, Parks and Natural Resources Committee and House Special Committee on Agri-Business!
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