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...qualify, the groups charge. They claim that HGH therapy may increase the chance of developing cancer. Moreover, shortness is not a medical condition but a social problem. "There's no physical risk to being short," declares Dr. Neal Barnard of the Physicians Committee. Adds the foundation's Jeremy Rifkin: "NIH can't experiment on healthy kids if there's no medical problem...
...HOME JOEL RIFKIN SHARED WITH his sister and widowed mother on Long Island is a horticulturist's delight. Lush beds of lavender, lamb's ears, lilies, begonias, irises and poppies surround the house. The box hedges are perfectly manicured. A magnolia tree thrives. The plants are a living testament to Joel Rifkin's gifts as a gardener. "Joel could tell you exactly what's growing," says Frank Barton, who lives across the street from the landscaper. "He knew how long it'll grow and when it'll die." But Joel Rifkin cultivated life and death in other, more odious ways...
...dairy industry, for its part, says consumers needn't worry about antibiotics, because milk is routinely tested for the drugs and if they are found, the milk is discarded. Rifkin says such testing is insufficient...
Many of the nation's smaller dairy farmers are on Rifkin's side in the BGH battle. They are afraid that the hormone will produce a milk glut and drive down prices. But what dairy farmers large and small fear most is that the BGH controversy will scare off customers. Firms that have staked their reputation on purity -- manufacturers of baby formula and whole-earth companies like Ben & Jerry's and Stonyfield Farm -- have publicly forsworn the use of the hormone. Market surveys bear out industry concern, predicting a 10% decline in national milk consumption should BGH be widely used...
Kessler is likely to approve BGH for commercial use, but he will find himself under pressure to defend the decision to a fearful and skeptical public. Rifkin promises to make things as difficult as possible. He is set to launch a yearlong anti-BGH campaign that includes full-page newspaper ads, 30- second TV and radio spots, and a grass-roots boycott of companies that continue to use the hormone. "We've got a short list of potential targets," he declared before a packed hearing room last week. "Kraft, are you here? Safeway, are you here? Land-O-Lakes...