What is the difference between Canadian and American milk?

[grassfarmer]

My concern with rBST has always been the animal's welfare. I know someone that used to milk cows treated with it. Statistics show it increases clinical mastitis cases by 25%, clinical lameness by 55% and raises the risk of not conceiving by 40%. It's a death sentence for cows. Absolutely no need to be using it - sort out the marketing and processing side so the farmer gets paid a sustainable price and quit mistreating cows.

[chuckChuck]

This is old news but relevant to the topic:
Health Canada fires 3 scientists

CBC News · Posted: Jul 15, 2004 8:59 AM ET | Last Updated: July 15, 2004

Health Canada has fired three scientists who criticized the department's drug approval policies.

Shiv Chopra, Margaret Haydon and Gerard Lambert received letters of termination on Wednesday, said Steve Hindle, president of the Professional Institute of the Public Service.

FROM OCT. 7, 2002: Restrict antibiotic use in animals: scientists

FROM NOV. 19, 1999: Gov't scientist suspended over dairy hormone debacle?

Health Canada spokesperson Ryan Baker denied the three were fired because of anything they said publicly. He says the reasons are confidential and are included in the letters of termination.

In the letter Lambert received Wednesday, he says the department is firing him for failing to follow orders and showing a lack of progress in his work. He's been there for 31 years.

Lambert says the department had always liked his work before he spoke out publicly about his concerns over bovine growth hormone.

The three scientists have been involved in a series of high-profile clashes with Health Canada.

They criticized Monsanto's bovine growth hormone, which led to a Senate inquiry and a decision not to approve the drug. They also questioned carbadox, a drug used in pigs, and Baytril, which was used to promote growth in cows and chickens.

Haydon called a 2001 Canadian ban on Brazilian beef a political decision, and Chopra criticized former health minister Allan Rock for stockpiling antibiotics during the post-Sept. 11 anthrax scare.

Prior to the May 2003 discovery of mad cow in Canada, both Hayton and Chopra also warned measures to prevent the disease were inadequate. They had called for a ban on the use of animal parts in feed.

The association representing the scientists plans to mount a legal challenge to have the scientists rehired.

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