Can Bovine Growth Hormone Help Slow Global Warming? [News]

Wednesday, July 2, 2008 - 17:42 in Earth & Climate

Talk about milking an issue. Adding a new twist to the debate over the safety of hormones in milk, a new industry study concludes that injecting cows with a growth hormone known as recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST) designed to increase their milk production is environmentally friendly. Why? Because it has the potential of reducing the number of greenhouse gas–emitting dairy cows on the planet without decreasing milk production. [More]

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