USA: Shoppers concerned about milk hormones

As demand for organic foods grows, grocery dairy cases now carry certified as organic milk from cows, soy milk, and milk containing kefir cultures, which add good bacteria.

The issue of hormones’ effects on children is of special concern, said Jeff Golc, spokesman for the Kroger Co., who reports that organic milk and dairy is the store’s largest area of growth.

A synthetic hormone known as rBST is given by some dairy farms to cows to sustain and increase their milk production. Claims have been made that the hormone may be a key reason puberty, particularly in girls, is occurring earlier and earlier. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says there is no such proof. FDA experts say milk has always contained some level of the naturally occurring recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH, that signals a pregnant cow to produce milk for its calf. But watchdog groups say the synthetic version, called Posilac, made by Monsanto and given to cows to keep them lactating at boosted levels long after their calves have been weaned, is not the same as the natural one....

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