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BGH

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BGH
abbr.
bovine growth hormone


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The government says the hormone known as BGH is safe, but Ben & Jerry's labels will announce that farmers supplying milk to the company have agreed not to use the genetically engineered substance to increase milk output.
Even dairy farmers have known this secret for many years and, prior to the dubious use of BGH (Bovine Growth Hormone), employed it as a way of increasing milk production from their dairy cows by adding herbs such as fennel to the animals' fodder.
Readers will find an inside view into how these flacks have distorted debate on such issues as nuclear-waste disposal, BGH, animal rights, national health care, NAFTA, and smoking.
 
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