[Dr.Zoidberg]

The gene-spliced and natural versions are identical.

That's good enough for me. Think of where we would be if every agricultural advance in history was halted by the fearmongers and naysayers?

No thank you, I like cheap abundant food.

[goldfinch]

I don’t think $3.47 (or whatever the exact amount was) is outrageous. This article gives me one more reason for buying organic milk.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Some milk suppliers and food stores have increased the price of milk labeled “rBST-free,” even though it is indistinguishable from supplemented milk, and offer only this more expensive option, pre-empting consumers’ ability to choose on the basis of price.

Same difference when people choose organic vs. conventional and pay a premium. Unless there is a collusion between all merchants in the whole town for nobody to carry rBST milk, why it should be viewed as a problem is beyond me.

[endthematrix]

Market forces....

[Sarajevo]

High feed costs associated with the ramping up of American corn-based ethanol production are making it difficult to produce more milk.

The windfall of OwlGore and his "Global Warming" hype?

[WildcatClan]

I think before we start shooting up cows with growth hormone we might want to take a look at the absurdity of growing food (corn) for making fuel. This is going to cause a price increase in far more than just milk and ethanol is just not the answer to our energy problems. I think we are going to get an education to that fact, sooner, rather than later.

[svcw]

3.47....wow last gallon I bought was 4.29.

[neverdem]

Only four countries in Europe offer gynecology degrees without requiring abortion

Scientists Transplant Genome of Bacteria

IPCC Scientists Challenge Al Gore’s View of Global Warming Consensus

FReepmail me if you want on or off my health and science ping list.

[SupplySider]

Just because there hasn't been a study proving ill effects, it doesn't follow that folks whose common sense tells them to avoid corporately manipulated food are fools.

Maybe it'll turn out in the long run that this stuff is OK, maybe not. Partially hydrogenated soybean oil was to have been another of these economic miracles. And lets not forget the wonderful boon to humanity from high fructose corn syrup.

[SunkenCiv]

This story gives me the shakes.