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January 22, 2007
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Safeway ditches artificial hormone in milk

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) " Got Milk? Safeway does but it doesn't have a controversial artificial growth hormone anymore.The grocer chain said milk suppliers for the grocer's Northwest processing plants have stopped using recombinant bovine growth hormone, or rBGH.The announcement comes shortly after Starbucks confirmed that milk products in its company-owned coffee shops in Oregon and Washington are free of rBGH.The artificial hormone is injected into dairy cows to make them produce more milk. It has been tied to increased udder infections and the resulting antibiotic use by dairies, and it has raised fears of greater cancer risks among humans.Monsanto Co. …

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