Created Wed 8th Jul 11:43am PST by

conspiracy2riot Level 14, Prophet (H$100,094)

OHIO: Will the OGT win their appeal against Monsanto for truth in labeling?

Background: Two months after a federal court in Ohio has ruled that dairies cannot legally label their milk "hormone free," "rBST-free" or otherwise clearly tell consumers that they aren't pumping up their cows with synthetic hormones, the Organic Trade Association has filed an appeal.

The April decision was a blow to truth-in-labeling advocates, a blow to consumers and a blow to organic farmers. It was a win for Monsanto, the agrichemical giant that prompted the lawsuit, and a win for Eli Lilly, which bought Monsanto's synthetic recombinant bovine growth hormones (known as rBST or rBGH) business a few months ago. The use of these hormones is banned throughout most other first world nations.

The other 4 states Monsanto had quietly lobbied to resist truth in labeling rejected the legislation. Only Ohio disallowed consumers the right to know if their Milk is from a cow being given the hormone.

It is a well documented fact that Milk from cows injected with the growth hormone rBGH/rBST will contain a far higher amount of pus and antibiotic residues.

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/hormone-free-milk-47060404

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Yes

51%

49%

Question suspends in 27 weeks

Activity: H$3,701
Predictions: 12
Comments: 4

Suspend date: Fri 28th May 2010 11:59pm PST (27 weeks to go)

Initial likelihoods: Yes: 55%

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Created Wed 8th Jul 11:43am PST by

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Predictions (12)

17 weeks ago

violetplanet Level 4, Whiz-kid (H$1,216)

predicted No (H$100 at 49%)

18 weeks ago

blacksoapman Level 10, Genius (H$12,286)

predicted Yes (H$20 at 51%)

18 weeks ago

bout3fitty Level 15, Seer (H$375,838)

predicted No (H$1,000 at 47%)

19 weeks ago

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predicted No (H$1,000 at 45%)

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predicted Yes (H$250 at 56%)

Comments (4)

frogchop Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,657,711)

You can't beat Monsanto in ethics... or the court room...

posted 19 weeks ago

kennyk Level 17, Superdubber (H$1,022,320)

Pus? Whew....... I used to like milk!

posted 19 weeks ago

dieseldog Level 16, Oracle (H$597,595)

i just shot 100cc's of rBST and rBGH straight into my carotid artery and i feel great. :O)

posted 19 weeks ago

conspiracy2riot Level 14, Prophet (H$100,094)

Good for you dog. Please keep it up, it so pleases me to hear this.

For the rest of you that actually give a crap....pressure your lawmakers and if you live in Ohio please get involved. We've managed to fight off Monsanto's attempt to do the same thing just by breathing non stop fire down the lawmakers throats and sending our own lobbyists in, bringing our own experts in....the consumers are winning this battle thru sheer pressure but it's a hard and slow battle.

Monsanto knows the burden they place on Ohio dairy farmers with labeling costs for milk sold within the state and that that is shipped out.
They know the Dairies will suffer monetarily this way and perhaps even opt to simply NOT label the rBST free milk because of this. And we have a RIGHT to know what we are consuming so we can make informed choices.

posted 19 weeks ago