URGENT BGH Action Sign-on
Organic Farming Research Foundation (research@ofrf.org)
Fri, 11 Dec 1998 14:07:05 -0800
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>Subject: BGH Action Sign-on
>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 15:30:57 -0500
>
>Dear Everyone,
>
>On Tuesday, December 15,1998, CTA is filing a legal petition with FDA
>seeking the suspension and revocation of Monsanto's new animal drug
>application approval of Posilac - ie. we are seeking to revoke the apporval
>of genetically engineered bovine growth hormone.
>
>The petition is based upon new evidence coming out of Health Canada showing
>that FDA failed to investigate a Monsanto rat feeding study which showed
>that oral exposure to rBGH produced thryoid cysts and prostate responses in
>male rats. It will be announced at a press conference here in DC. We
>need/want your participation!
>
>Any organization interested in signing on should e-mail me ASAP. I can get
>you a draft petition to look at (do not circulate in any way please). Then,
>if it is a go please send your organization, address and two sentence
>organizational description to me by 4 pm ESt on Monday.
>
>I know this is extremely short notice, however we have had to be on
>extra-rapid response for this one as well. Sorry about that.
>
>Joe Mendelson
>CTA
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