So who is being honest, anyway?

A recent JADA article submission on milk seeks to assuage the public's concerns about hormones, raising practices, etc. of our large mooing field friends. In a nutshell, it claims it doesn't matter if the milk is organic, conventional, or rBST free, they are basically all the same.

I have not gotten to read the study, but I have some concerns about it such as…
1. This goes against a number of other well known studies, including the one recently done in Britain on the nutritional superiority of organic foods, including milk, versus conventional, and a number of other similar studies.

2. It goes against common sense. Animals given better quality feed and living conditions will naturally produce healthier food.

3. Most telling…the author's of the study work for… yep, you guessed it, MonSatan. Now, what do they make? rBST along with a host of other GMO, food altering, ecosystem destroying, animal injecting products. Remember Round Up? It used to say on the label that it was "biodegradable." Notice that is doesn't say it anymore. Why? Because they lied and the company has a long history of lieing and then beating up anyone who says they have or do. Hmm… So, can we count on these particular scientists to be impartial, unbiased? Remember the tobacco industries age long claims that cigarettes were safe, supported by "scientific" evidence? Did you know that a fox news station whose reporters sought to do a piece on the dangers of rBST fired the reporters? (see wikipedia article on rBST for links or youtube also has the expose). Did you know that Canada and other nations have banned rBST? But somehow, Mon's scientists want us to trust Mon's research that it is safe…

This is pulled directly from the study to confirm that all those doing the research are somehow or another employed by or a part of MonSatan.

J. Vicini is a senior research fellow, J. Ballam is lead
for biostatistics and data services, R. Staub is lead for
molecular and cellular biochemistry, D. Goldstein is di-
rector of medical toxicology, R. Cady is technical prod-
uct manager, and M. McGrath is senior lactation physi-
ologist, all at MonSatan Company LC, St Louis, MO. T.
Etherton is a distinguished professor of animal nutri-
tion and P. Kris-Etherton is a distinguished professor of
nutrition, both at The Pennsylvania State University,
University Park. S. Denham is associate director of bio-
statistics, MPI Research, Mattawan, MI. At the time of
the study he was senior statistician, MonSatan Company
LC, St Louis, MO. M. Lucy is professor of animal sci-
ences, University of Missouri, Columbia.
Address correspondence to: John Vicini, PhD, Mon-
santo Company LC, 800 N Lindbergh Blvd, St Louis,
MO 63167. E-mail: john.l.vicini@MonSatan.com
Manuscript accepted: January 29, 2008.
Copyright © 2008 by the American Dietetic
Association.

Reference for the study:
Vicini J, T Etherton, P Kris-Etherton, J Ballam, S Denham, R Staub, D Goldstein, R Cady, M
McGrath, & M Lucy. Survey of retail milk composition as affected by label claims regarding
farm-management practices. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008;108:1198- 1203