* * * Action for artificial hormone-free milk in schools

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USDA Comment Period for the 2009 Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act

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October 9, 2008

Dear [First_Name],

 

 

 

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for schools!_

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(CNA) are due to the USDA by October 15th. Congress will begin to reauthorize

this bill next spring. The CNA includes the National School Lunch Program,

School Breakfast Program and the Summer Food Service Program, among others.

_Tell USDA you want our nation's schools to have the choice of artificial

hormone-free milk._

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540 million gallons of milk were distributed through the federal nutrition

assistance programs in 2006. That is a lot of milk. Unfortunately, some of

the milk is coming from cows treated with the artificial growth hormone rBGH.

Studies have shown that rBGH, the artificial growth hormone given to cows

to increase milk production, also significantly increases IGF-1, a naturally

occuring growth hormone in the cow and the cow's milk. Too much IGF-1 in

humans is linked with increased rates of type II diabetes, colon, breast and

prostate cancer. Why expose our nation's children to an artificial hormone

that

could be linked to disease?

 

Consumer preference for milk produced without the use of artificial growth

hormones has been overwhelming, and major retailers across the country

including Walmart, Kroger, Publix, and Safeway have all switched to artificial

hormone-free fluid milk. Increasing numbers of dairies across the U.S. are

going

artificial growth hormone-free, making artificial growth hormone-free milk

widely available and cost competitive in most markets. _Let the USDA know

that the time is right to get artificial hormone-free milk back into our

schools!_

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Sincerely,

Noelle, Sarah, Filmona and the entire Food Team.

Food & Water Watch

 

 

For more information, visit our website at www.foodandwaterwatch.org

or contact: Noelle Ferdon at nferdon or Filmona Hailemichael at

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