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other n pes ni cancer. `;one other than Epstein sahna. and the amount or thn iGF-l people swallow dcorge Fritscn. the third ncuee one : wd heads the ,ndepenuent Cancer Prevention each dac is mach greater man their oossible exposure lt'a[er press conferences. is a :c:.reo cat Coalition, vn¢h is based in-Chicago, Epstein it from drinking milk from costs receiving rBGH. researcher who •,vorked it Rosweii ?r.. ~Jettto.. :urns out, is the only 'health professional and Aliegations mat IGF! could pose a cancer risk for Insarute in Buffalo N.1. Tntsch is an o.,: and teiiab:e phcstcian' in the entire counm who claims that milk drinkers have been thoroughly investigated Food t ~%ater alto taithrulli ;esnn-in-r.:ne gtoup s rBGH causes cancer. and dismissed by the organizations that subsequenth behalf at numerous rood irradiation- oset In its June d letter. Food & Water sacs it endorsed rBGH as safe, mc:uding the National the tears. Tatschs expertise -he dtscc.ces ninfsett 'intends to hold press conferences throughout the Institutes of Health in in technical assessment con- as a rree-radical biochemist - has some te:evance to northeast to publicize' a 'major new soentific ference on rBGH. the World Health Organization. food irradiation but has absolutely r trung to oc report' that will "further explore the rBGH-cancer the American Academy of Pediatrics and the with rBGH. Bc recruiting Trirsch to -ash rBGH link." The letter connnues: We'll bring scientists American Medical Association. Food & Rater shows how desperate .:.s to find a and let people know that if they're buying dairy warm body to support its alarmist claims. products from Cabot, there is growing evidence 1GF•1 is also a natural 1'ou can be sure that Food & Rater is euphonc 'hat those products may lead to cancer" Late word over as t'ermont campagn. As usual. sa scaretactics from Food & Water is that its first press conference component of human saliva, and threats have brought it huge amounts of it" will occur later this month and will feature Epstein and the amount of this I617•1 pubhoty and probably an upsurge in conanons as along with two Ph.D.'s, Michael Hansen and well.Achievingthecampaignskevobjernve - forcing George Tntsch. people swallow each day is Cabot to surrender over its rBGH policy - could Hansen, a former colleague of mine at much greater than their possible help Food & Water attain its long-sought goal of Consumers Union, is a research associate with CU's escaping from relative obscurity and becoming a Consumer Policv Institute, an activist arm of CU exposure from drinking milk nationally influential activist group. that lobbies for environmental issues and doesn't from cows receiving rBGH. !f that scenario bothers Vermonters - and if test rBHG or anything else. He formulated CU's ,you're tired of being deceived over a nonexistent position opposing rBGH and is CU's chief health risk - then take the advice of the .Addiswi spokesman on the issue. While Hansen publicizes his claims about rBGH Counts, Indepmdnrt. which asked its readers to show A search for Hansen's publications in scientific and cancer - in McCaIIT and Family Life magazines, some "good old Yankee vengeance" be calling Food journals turned up three - all dealing with pesticide on the CBS Evening News and at numerous rBGH & Water's toll free number iMEAT•SAFEI to tie up policy issues, none with rBHG. His single paper an legislative hearings around the country - his its lines. As a bonus, each call to that number will cost rBHG was written for CU in 1990 and entitled employer denies them. the group money. And buy a box of Cabot butter - "Biotechnology & Milk Benefit or Threat?" It In a letter last December responding to an article the only product Cabot makes that ought possibi prompted a strongly worded 14-page response from in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, CU be made with milk from rBGH•supplemented c, the FDA in which the agency pointed out 33 "major president Rhoda Karpatkin did just that. "Your - and mail the box to Food & Water at Depot areas of inaccuracy." report implies that CU cvrrentl believes the use of Rd., RRI, Box llq, Slarshfldd, VT 05658.97Mr. Along with Epstein, Hansen claims that rBGH rBGH increases consumers' cancer risk. That is not Every box you buy is a boost for Cabot and a vote poses a risk for breast and colon cancer because it the case," Karpatkin wrote. So when you hear against Food & W'ater's efforts to manipulate vou. boosts levels of IGF• I. But this protein hormone is Hansen talk about rBGH and cancer and claim that Food & Water said it best in a recent fund-raising digested when milk is consumed. Furthermore, the he speaks for Consumers Union, that is not the letter: "Enough is enough'" same IGFd is also a natural component of human case, either. And buy a box of Cabot butter - the only product Cabot makes that might possibly be made with milk from rBGH•supplemented cows - and mail the box to Food & Water at Depot Hill Rd, RR1, Box 114, Marshfield, VT 05658-9702. Every box you buy is a boost for Cabot and a vote against Food & Water's e f forts to manipulate you. i ca v4o CABOT IS OWNED BY THE DAM FAMEAS OF AGw-MAas, THE I.sll DAM ODDPWTM LN THE NOEIHEAsr. In order to publish this article in its entirety, tlu cost has been wderwrittm by AO-Mark, Cabot employees, and fndlviduals and businesses concerned about Fwd & Wares assault on Cabot Creamery Cooperadw.