Word: udders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sucking dry Ma Harvard's udder...
...critics, organized by antibiotech gadfly Jeremy Rifkin, don't buy that line. They point out that cows treated with BGH are more susceptible to udder infections, and they are worried that unless milk is rigorously inspected, antibiotics used to treat the cows could find their way into the milk supply. While there is a germ of truth to their argument, their tactics -- and their rhetoric -- go overboard. Calling BGH "crack for cows," an alert issued by Rifkin's Washington-based Foundation on Economic Trends warned consumers -- erroneously -- that ice cream and infant formula from treated cows would be "laced with...
...udder-style milk machine...
...false issue, there are other concerns about using BGH. Michael Hansen, a research associate at Consumers Union, charges that Monsanto suppressed data that would have put its product in an unfavorable light. The biggest issue, he and other scientists say, is that the hormone can lead to udder infections that not only are painful to cows but also could have consequences for those who drink the milk. Farmers treat the animals with powerful antibiotics that find their way into milk. Humans who drink the stuff can harbor bacteria that develop resistance to those antibiotics, and thus run the risk...
...surprising extent, Western aid appears to be buying resentment. One placard waved by demonstrators in Moscow pictured Yeltsin fatuously caressing a cow labeled RUSSIAN FREEDOM, while an evil-looking Uncle Sam milked dollars from the cow's udder. Russians are irritated that so much Western help seemed to be promised and so little appears to have been delivered. And some are suspicious that foreigners are out to swindle them; they resist making their once powerful country look like a Western clone...