Why is the FDA still allowing growth hormones to be used in our food?

Question by Stellar: Why is the FDA still allowing growth hormones to be used in our food?
Why not ban the use of Bovine Growth Hormones (rBGH) altogether? I mean now a days the trend is to be "environmentally friendly, buy "organic" food etc. so why is the FDA still allowing the use of growth hormones? Do we really need it?

Plus, a lot of grocery retailers are now supposedly against rBGH, and it's already banned in places like Canada,Japan,New Zealand.

I've been researching this for a project, if I'm wrong with any info provided just let me know, please.


Best answer:

Answer by Kelle
You need to do more research.

You are only looking at one side of the argument.

http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2006/jul/vpcreport

See Human health:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_somatotropin#Human_health

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