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Robert Livingston. Dr Livingston openly harasses anyone who like radiation "acceptable doses", constantly changing as you've states an opinion in opposition to his. noted. But what you should research is the tests that are used to "The basis of our concern is that Dr Margaret Miller, Dr detect these levels. FDA requires tests to be certified that they do Livingston's assistant and, from all indications, extremely ‘close indeed detect these antibiotics. Recently, FDA evaluated several friend’, wrote the FDA's opinion on why milk from BST-treated tests from several manufacturers. Tests were required to correctly cows should not be labeled. However, before coming to FDA, Dr _ capture tainted milk from several samples. Only one manufactur- Margaret Miller was working for the Monsanto company as a er's tests passed on the first round. So the FDA, reluctant to grant researcher on BST. At the time she wrote the FDA opinion on a virtual monopoly to the company, loosened the specs and labeling, she was still publishing papers with Monsanto scientists allowed a second round with a few "mistakes". Some companies on BST. It appears to us that this is a direct conflict of interest to failed this round, too. So they loosened the specs again to allow have in any way Dr Miller working on BST. As you know, if dairy producers to use less-sensitive tests and pass more milk into milk is labeled as being from BST-treated cows, consumers will the food chain. By regulation, this dose response and sensitivity not buy it and Monsanto stands to lose a great deal of money. info is posted on the tests’ instructions. Remember, these loos- Several of Dr Miller's former colleagues would lose their jobs. ened tests are only looking for the target antibiotics. Who knows "To add to this, Dr Livingston had Dr Miller write a policy on —_ what levels of non-target or even illegal antibiotics are in there? use of antimicrobials in milk. She And with hundreds of thousands of picked an arbitrary and unscientifical- ollars at stake, milk producers are ly unsupported number of | ppm as looking for any excuse to accept the being the allowable amount of All humans drink powerful growth milk—rather than rejecting it at the antimicrobial in milk permitted with- hormones in each sip of milk. slightest hint of contamination. out any consumer safety testing. This Ready for another shocker? is for any antimicrobial. A cow could | All humans eat large amounts of Sometimes they dump contaminated be treated with several antibiotics and milk. Sometimes they feed it to the each one would be permitted to be in animal fat if they drink milk. other cows! Then they wonder why milk at a level of 1 ppm without addi- the cows no longer respond to the tional consumer safety testing. All humans eat dangerous rug to clean up mastitis. This info Effects of the different antibiotics cholesterol if they drink milk. could get me fired, but you seem to could be additive and this is not taken be the only one willing to publicise into account. the truth about overuse of antibiotics "As you know, one big concern for in the food chain. Growth hormones BST is that it leads to increased antibiotic use..." will not kill us. We'll be long dead from some resistant "super- The truck driver tests the milk. It is well within the safe limits bug" before the cancer sets in. established by the FDA. He happily drives away, unaware that the limits were arbitrarily increased by 100 times. We drink the | The NOTMILKMAN's comments: milk and eat the cheese, unaware that we now consume 100 times Wow! What a letter! I know what you know, and so do the the previously safe limits. FDA continues to tell America that milk inspectors and so do the regulators at USDA [US Dept of permissible antibiotics in milk are well within the safe limits. Agriculture] and FDA. The secrets of the dairy industry are now They omit the fact that they changed the limits. Let the truth be being revealed to the world. Monsanto genetically engineered the known! bovine growth hormone and, in doing so, opened up an enormous Regards, the NOTMILKMAN Pandora's box that can never again be closed. whathar All humans eat large amounts of animal fat if they drink milk. All humans eat dangerous cholesterol if they drink milk. The NOTMILKMAN's comments: Wow! What a letter! I know what you know, and so do the milk inspectors and so do the regulators at USDA [US Dept of Agriculture] and FDA. The secrets of the dairy industry are now being revealed to the world. Monsanto genetically engineered the bovine growth hormone and, in doing so, opened up an enormous Pandora's box that can never again be closed. I was going to ask you whether or not you drink the milk which you produce. I think that I know the answer. Regards, the NOTMILKMAN Letter 305: Name withheld on request, 15 April 1998 Had to respond to the dairymen who claim that testing elimi- nates antibiotics from milk. You may post this message, but please withhold my con- . yA tact info (whistleblowing has no reward). ‘\ 4 Farmers are not required to test for antibi- SR on Je otics. Only bulk tank producers test before PIE adding milk to the huge silos. They are ta? required to test each truckload for a tiny n=. handful of antibiotics (the five or six target antibiotics that are deemed most used by farmers). When a farmer has his truckload rejected, what does he do? He switches antibiotics to one which is not on the list. It will be added to the list by the FDA when they feel it has become a problem. Initially, farmers only had to screen for penicillin. Later amoxycillin, ceftiofur and others were added. The milkman is playing a constant game of hide-and-seek with your milk, and you're losing! Now let's discuss "safe levels". These are NEXUS - 31 AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1998