G is for GROWTH FACTOR

Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-I) in humans and cows are identical.  Like a
key fitting into a lock, this hormone is a perfect match between two species
of animal and exerts powerful growth effects.  IGF-I is the most powerful
growth hormone in the human body.  Every sip of milk and every bite of
cheese contains IGF-I.
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"BGH-treated milk is safe because it is indistinguishable from normal milk."

Executive Branch Report on rbGH, February 9, 1994
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"Milk from cows given supplemental bovine somatotropin is the same as any
other milk... Unfortunately, a few fringe groups are using misleading
statements and blatant falsehoods as part of a long-running campaign to
scare consumers about a perfectly safe food."

Statement of C. Everett Koop on Genetically engineered milk, February 6,
1994
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"Five independent authorities, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
National Institutes of Health (NIH), World Health Organization (WHO), the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), and ex-Surgeon General
C. Everett Koop had found rbGH-treated milk to be indistinguishable from
normal milk."

Monsanto (manufacturer of rbGH) Press Release, June, 1992
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"From 1984 to 1986, Dr. Daughaday was the recipient of a research contract
from Monsanto Company, a small fraction of which was paid to Dr. Daughaday
as a consulting fee.

JAMA, 264 (8), 8/22/90 (Dr. Daughaday, the author of the JAMA publication
was an "independent authority" referred to in Monsanto's Press Release)
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"Recombinant rbGH treatment produces an increase in the concentration of
insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in cow's milk."

FDA review of  genetically engineered milk SCIENCE, 8/24/90, Vol 249
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"After somidobove (rbGH) injection, mean IGF-I levels in the treated milk
are always higher than those found in the controls."

World Health Organization Report Geneva, Switzerland.  June, 1992
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"Levels of IGF increase in milk after cows are treated with rbGH."

December, 1990 National Institutes of Health Assessment of Bovine
Somatotropin
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"A strong positive association was observed between IGF-I levels and
prostate cancer risk."

Science, vol. 279. January 23, 1998
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"Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, a mitogenic and antiapoptotic peptide,
can affect the proliferation of breast epithelial cells, and is thought to
have a role in breast cancer."

The Lancet, vol. 351. May 9, 1998
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"Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), in particular IGF-I and IGF-II,
strongly stimulate the proliferation of a variety of cancer cells, including
those from lung cancer.  High plasma levels of IGF-I were associated with an
increased risk of lung cancer.  Plasma levels of IGF-I are higher...in
patients with lung cancer than in control subjects."

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, vol. 91, no. 2.  January 20, 1999.
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"Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is expressed in many tumor cell lines
and has a role in both normal cell proliferation and in the growth of
cancers.

Cancer Gene Ther, 2000 Mar, 7:3
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"The insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system is widely involved in human
carcinogenesis. A significant association between high circulating IGF-I
concentrations and an increased risk of lung, colon, prostate and pre-
menopausal breast cancer has recently been reported. Lowering plasma IGF-I
may thus represent an attractive strategy to be pursued..."

Int J Cancer, 2000 Aug, 87:4, 601-5
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"...serum IGF-I levels increased significantly in the milk drinking group…an
increase of about 10% above baseline-but was unchanged in the control
group."

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, vol. 99, no. 10. October 1999
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Robert Cohen author of:   MILK A-Z
Executive Director (notmilkman@notmilk.com)
Dairy Education Board
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