Bovine somatotropin

Organic Food; Nutritional Powerhouse or Expensive Myth? It is a common held belief that organic foods and products are significantly healthier than conventionally grown foods but the evidence does not support such claims. Organic foods only have a slight nutritional benefit and may cost the consumer more than just dollars. Organic foods are defined as products “generally grown without synthetic pesticides or fertilizers and without the routine use of antibiotics or growth hormones” (Brandt). Health

farmers have started to treat their cows with bovine growth hormone. Because of this practice many arguments have come up to stop the use of Bovine Growth Hormone injections in cows. This is due to the alleged side effects this milk is said to produce; for example cancer or antibiotic insensitivity. This leaves anyone who drinks milk is potentially susceptible to these effects. The FDA gives details of the biology of Bovine Growth Hormone. Bovine Growth Hormone is naturally found in all animals

As a consumer, every day I choose what I eat, drink, and otherwise put inside me. For the most part I read the labels on the packaging, looking for things like sodium and caloric intake per serving, whether or not what I’m about to eat contains nuts or anything else that I have a mild allergy to. What I don’t see on my labels are notices of the use of GMO’s, which have become prevalent in consumer food but are never mentioned unless to say that a product does not contain GMO’s. Are we to believe

When ordering a steak from a restaurant one usually considers what they want on their steak, how they want it cooked, and if they want a side of potatoes or rice with that, but how often does one stop and think about how the cattle was raised. Many farmers today administer hormones into their livestock to increase weight gain, and to boost milk production in dairy cows. Though these hormones are beneficial to the meat and dairy industry, these injections may prove to be harmful to the consumer. Unless

Lately, regardless of where anyone looks whether at their local market or in their local grocery store, there is someone selling GMO/GE foods. Numerous individuals do not think twice about what they buy, but as the trend of GMO’s/GE’s continue, these individuals might have to think twice about the effects. However, depending on how they use the GMO’s/GE’s, they have been shown to have both beneficial and damaging effects. Scientists though, continue to look towards the future of food where one day

The point of it all, in addition to understanding the detrimental effects that corporate actions can have on human health and the environment, is the realization that corporations have a frightening level of power and control over multiple aspects of our society. Not only do products sold, economic presence, and a high volume of jobs provided by corporations affect how we live, but the active role that corporations play in deliberately shaping how people think through media, research, and political

Like Regan, I also regard myself as an advocate for animal rights, and therefore part of the animal rights movement. The torture and killing of innocent non-human animals needs to be stopped; this includes animal testing for biomedical research and in science, commercial animal agriculture, and fur farming. The termination of these lives is extremely cruel. But most of all, Animals are viewed as only existing for mankind and this is major flaw. As Regan stated, “the fundamental wrong is the system

ritual. Horizontal infection is also possible across species. There has been an epidemy of BSE, recorded in 1993 in the UK. It reached its peak in January, reporting over 1000 cases of infected cows every week. It was caused by feeding cattle with bovine-derived meat and remains from sheep that had contracted Scrapie, another TSE that affects different mammals, but not humans. However, this outbreak did have effects on human health, as it was then discovered that people can contract a type of spongiform

animals. Secretly, I've been working up a plan to give an endangered farm animal to every person I care about just so they will know the depth of my feelings. But the truth is, she's got me on this point.” (60 Bray). In the fictional narrative Going Bovine (496 pages), by Libba Bray, Cameron Smith (the narrator/main character) experiences a massive transformation in perspective. The narrator is about 16 years old Cameron Smith who has just about given up on trying to live after he is diagnosed with

Health Risks in the Media        There is no cure for the common cold. But when we find that cure, another ailment in society will be healed. Unfortunately, this is not the way the media depicts health risk. Instead, they use disease and danger to profit. The more frightening and uncontrollable a danger, the higher the price tag is. The media resorts to exaggeration and misrepresentation in order to make money. The reasoning for these unscrupulous tactics is best explained in the book, Unreliable