Monsanto Sells Off Dairy Cow Hormone Division

After years of fighting off opposition to artificial growth hormones given to dairy cows, agricultural giant Monsanto announced it is selling off its rBGH division, also know as Posilic. Consumer advocates and some farmers and food producers have long fought the use of rBGH, also called recombinant bovine growth hormone, which was legalized by the FDA in 1993. Patty Lovera, Assistant Director of the consumer group Food and Water Watch talks about the implications of Monsanto's sale.

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