12-12-98
(Thanks to Norfolk Genetic Information Network for this news
item)
Canada finally rejects genetically engineered rBGH
The government announced on December 4th 1998 that it will not be
giving
approval to Monsanto's rBGH - a genetically engineered
"bovine growth
hormone" for cattle - for at least the foreseeable future.
Health Canada
officials have been exposed in the national media for conspiring
with
Monsanto to get the drug approved, despite objections by the
government's
own scientists, who warn that the drug has not been proven safe,
and
strenuous objections by farmers and consumer groups. Previous
reports in the
media have claimed Monsanto offered two million dollars to
government health
officials in exchange for speedy approval of rBGH.
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