Are most livestock fed growth hormones and additives?

Question by Jacque C: Are most livestock fed growth hormones and additives?
Are these substances wide spread in the cattle and pork industries? What about poultry? What effect does eating these products have on the human body? If it is common, when did it become prevalent and why?


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Answer by Soc the Poetic Chemist
yes, unfortuantely


age of puberty has gone down in girls - age of puberty has gone up in boys

common in 60s

economics - cattle grow fatter quicker - can be slaughtered earlier

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