Re: DAIRY UPDATE-HUMAN HEALTH ASPECTS OF BST-2/7/94

Gary Banowetz (banowetg@ucs.orst.edu)
Wed, 9 Feb 1994 11:39:12 -0800 (PST)

On Wed, 9 Feb 1994, Gabriel Hegyes wrote:
> Based on the information Lara supplied, are you suggesting that Dr. Bauman's
presentation is unbiased and comprehensive?
> Do you believe that as a genetic engineer, he is uniquely qualified to
understand human health and nutrition? (For that matter, is the AMA?)
> Are you saying that the source of a scientist's funding does not influence
the direction of the research? What questions are asked?
> Do you really believe that Monsanto would have underwritten a project to
study the efficacy of intensive rotational grazing in milk production?
(Maybe if it were in the fence-building business).

Gabriel,
The issue here remains the safety of BST and how consumers will make
informed decisions on whether or not to purchase milk from BST-Treated
animals. The points you and Lara raise amount to little more than
personal innuendos on Dr. Bauman and the scientific community in general.
I've been a research scientist myself for 15 years and have done research
funded by industry. Science isn't a process of buying and selling
scientists and their results. I have never been bought, and the source of
my funding never has, and never will affect the data the result from the
studies. Your innuendos attempt to substitute fears and suspicions for
hard data and contribute nothing to assisting a consumer make an informed
choice regarding BST.

Specifically, which data cited in the 20 studies posted earlier do you
dispute?

Gary Banowetz