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rBGH: How Artificial Hormones Damage the Dairy Industry and Endanger Public Health

A growing body of scientific research suggests a link between drinking rBGH-treated milk and certain types of cancer in humans.

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Industrial livestock producers administer hormones to beef cattle and dairy cows in order to promote rapid growth and increased milk production. Learn about the impacts.

Despite opposition from scientists, farmers and consumers, the United States currently allows dairy cows to be injected with recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), also known as recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST). Developed and manufactured by the Monsanto Corporation, this genetically engineered hormone forces cows to artificially increase milk production by 10 to 15 percent. Controversy surrounds whether or not rBGH is safe for cows and humans.

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Most food in the US is now produced on large-scale industrial crop and livestock operations. Learn how this differs from sustainable agriculture - and why it matters.

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Should Baby Eat Organic? American Academy of Pediatrics Wades into the Debate

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recently announced its first-ever guidelines on organic foods for babies and children, published in the journal Pediatrics. The article, Organic Foods: Health and Environmental Advantages and Disadvantages, hit the mark in some cases, but in others, fell way, way short.

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The United States led the world with $48.1 billion in clean energy investments in 2011.
Factory livestock facilities release over 400 separate gasses, including hydrogen sulfide, methane, ammonia, and carbon dioxide.
In the last 40 years, nearly one-third of the world's arable (farmable) land has been lost due to poor land management.
25 percent of all freshwater consumed in the US is associated with discarded food -- about as much as the volume of Lake Erie.
More than 1,300 gallons are required to produce a 12oz steak.
One pound of cheese has a water footprint of 600 gallons.
One slice of bread has a water footprint of 11 gallons.
The US imports about half of oil consumed.
It takes 520 million MWh of electricity per year to move, treat and heat water in the U.S. this is 13% of the total U.S. electrical consumption.
Only 1.3 percent of freshwater is surface waters like lakes and rivers.
Approximately 80% of all antibiotics sold in the US are administered to farm animals to promote growth and prevent infections.
The earth receives 1500 times as much energy than humans use from the sun each day.
16: The number of U.S. states that generate more than 10% of their electricity from renewable sources.
A frack job used 4.5 million gallons, of which a amount approximately 10 to 40 percent flows back to the surface as toxic water.
Of all sources of energy consumed in the United States, oil provides the largest share at 36 percent.

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