hunger strike finally reported
mmiller@pcsia.com
Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:53:07 -0600
HUNGER STRIKE SPOTLIGHTS HORMONE LACED MILK
WASHINGTON, DC, November 23, 1999 (ENS) - Robert Cohen, author of "Milk,
the Deadly Poison" has begun a hunger strike to protest the use of
recombinant bovine growth hormone (rbGH) in U.S. dairy cows. The hormone,
also known as bovine somatotropin and POSILAC, was approved by the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) for boosting milk production. Cohen says he has
proof that rbGH, manufactured by Monsanto, raises the levels of a human
growth hormone known as IGF-1. IGF-1 is suspected of being a key cause of
rapid growth and proliferation of mammary, prostate and colon cancers.
Cohen has sued the FDA to have the drug recalled. Cohen says laboratory
animals treated with rbGH got cancer, that rbGH treated milk has increased
levels of growth hormone, and that blood serum levels of milk hormones
increase in milk drinkers. The FDA reviewed rbGH and concluded that the
hormone produced no metabolic effect in humans and was not cause for
concern. But Cohen says the FDA’s conclusion was based on the belief that
rbGH would be destroyed by pasteurization and by digestion. In his lawsuit,
Cohen challenges both of those principles. To promote his cause, Cohen
began a hunger strike on the 7th of November that he says may last for
months. I am prepared to give my life in this cause," Cohen says on his
website (http://www.hungerstrike.com/strikes/index.html).
>Kate Smith sent:
>
>> On November 7, 1999, Robert Cohen began a hunger strike to
>draw
>> attention to the fact that America's milk and dairy products
>are now
>> hazardous to consumers' health. Hundreds of people around the
>world
>> have already joined Robert Cohen on his hunger strike, and
>there will be
>> thousands more.
>
>Nov. 7 hmmm? Now it is Nov. 16. and this is the first I've heard about it.
> No newspaper coverage, no TV, no news magazines, etc. Must either be a
>vast conspiracy by the media, or Mr. Cohen greatly overestimated the
>public's concern for his health. Hundreds more (maybe thousands) are
>joining in? Uh huh, sure.
>
>No, I think Mr. Cohen (if he exists) would be much more useful in the fight
>by some to bring our foodstuffs back to a more "natural" state if he joined
>the several elegant speakers which I have enjoyed reading since joining
>sanet (regardless of whether I always agree). I view people like Mr. Cohen
>as I do the folks who hopped onto that comet last year - one less nut using
>up air.
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