Painkillers, Antibiotics, Growth Hormones Among The 20 Chemicals Found In Typical Glass Of Milk

A study from the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reveals that a single glass of milk can contain traces of 20 painkillers, antibiotics and growth hormones. Although the doses of the drugs were too small to have any affects on milk drinkers, the mere existence of so many different types offers a window into milk production across the food chain. The researchers analyzed 20 types of cow's, goat's and sheep's milk purchased in Spain and Morocco; the highest quantity of medicine was found in cow's milk.

Some of the chemicals found included niflumic acid (painkiller), florfenicol (antibiotic) and 17a-ethinylestradiol (steroid hormone). Click here to see the list of the other chemicals found.

Comments

[damienwoodi]

01:17 PM on 07/19/2011

Pain is a part and parcel of an individual’s life. It can be the result of anything but pain stands as a stumbling block which restricts an individual to carry out his day to day activities. The advent of effective pain management has opened a door to lead a pain free life for the much suffering people. Every good thing has a bad side and the unsupervised consumption of analgesics is no exception. Consumption of narcotic analgesics without the consultation and proper recommendation of a doctor can cause hazards for the consumer. It is very unfortunate that there is bunch of people who are ignorant to the potent adverse effects of painkillers.

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[BryanG]

03:59 PM on 07/12/2011

It does a body good!

[BlackYowe]

01:33 AM on 07/12/2011

I have been getting whole fresh milk from a friend and its so so good. Fresh from a nice family cow.

[Casey Stechnij]

01:09 PM on 07/11/2011

shame on you guys - what a misleading article! This is in Spain and Morocco!

How is this for a headline -
STUDY SHOWS DRINKING BOTTLED WATER IS A KILLER

with the story telling us if anyone drinks 2 gallons of water in a short time you will get hyponatremia and die.

Well, duh!

Put it this way, would you drink the water in Morocco? Then why in the heck would you drink their milk?

[Jason Vineyard]

07:53 PM on 07/10/2011

Vote Ron Paul 2012! He wants to legalize raw milk, which has all the nutrients and no chemicals.

[John Rathe]

03:03 AM on 07/11/2011

Just because raw milk is unprocessed doesn't mean it's free of chemicals.

[European1919]

07:22 AM on 07/11/2011

Could in fact be quite the opposite.

[SitandStay]

04:48 AM on 07/10/2011

My husband and I went to see Forks Over Knives not long ago.
We are now dairy free. And we feel better.

[Robert Nix]

01:14 PM on 07/09/2011

Are the levels higher or lower then tap water?

[drsolo]

08:52 AM on 07/09/2011

I really laugh at those "happy California cows" commercials. California herds are huge and they use rBGH making those cows suffer more mastitis, really bad joints and overall sickness which then requires all the steroids, antibiotics and pain killers.

[drsolo]

08:48 AM on 07/09/2011

All brought to you by Monsanto and rBGH. rBGH makes the cows sick, cuts their livespan in half.

[dispagi]

07:30 AM on 07/09/2011

Yuck who still drinks this stuff? In our fridge right now: Almond Milk, Rice Milk, Soy Milk, Hemp Milk and Coconut Milk. We also buy Oak Milk and Hazelnut Milk occasionally. With so many options available, why buy animal fluids?

[sabelmouse]

07:23 AM on 07/11/2011

the oat milk may be doable , maybe the hazel but how could i get my hands on the rest here in ireland ?
shops you say ? but where do they get them from ?
not very environmentally friendly , is it , to cart the stuff around the planet and do i really want to be dependent on imports living on a small island surrounded by stormy sea?
meanwhile all around me is boggy , bolder strewn grassland that is good for grazing but nothing else.
organic and free range is what i want of course.with any animal food.

[HenryDavid]

03:51 AM on 07/09/2011

Three big grocery stores here (Kroger's, Sam's, Meijers) have milk labeled with "Our dairy farmers have pledged not to give their cows rgBH and rbST." That's a big help. I'm not sure about the other items...unless they're from a dairy farm pledged to organic.

[drsolo]

08:50 AM on 07/09/2011

Only a few states have laws that allow that kind of labeling. Otherwise Monsanto will sue any farmer tries to label their dairy products as rBGH free.

[HenryDavid]

12:43 AM on 07/10/2011

I know that Monsanto sued dairy farmers in Maine in 2003 for labeling their milk as rbST-free. I haven't heard of more recent cases.

In 2008, Monsanto sold their artificial hormones (rbST) to Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals. That was orchestrated by Mitch Daniels--an Eli Lilly executive then and governor of Indiana now. The artificial hormones were already very controversial when Lilly purchased them (now named Prosilac). I don't know of Lilly taking anyone to court over this. I don't think they'd want the publicity of that bad decision.

The milk label in Indiana's [participating] stores reads:
"Our farmers pledge not to treat their cows with rbST."

Now, what's interesting is that the FDA required these labels to carry a qualifier under that statement. It reads:
"FDA has determined that there is no significant difference between milk from rbST-treated and non-rbST treated cows."

Strange that the FDA would require such a qualifier. Except, that the head of the FDA is Michael Taylor--Monsanto's main man--who was chosen by the prez for the post. And the FDA has said in the past that Monsanto will tell us if there is a problem with their products. (Sure they will....) Bush and Obama have both been complicit in these Monsanto appointments to government.

[Ming the Merciless]

08:56 PM on 07/08/2011

purchased in Spain and Morocco???

[Mr Sick Of Greed]

03:43 PM on 07/08/2011

that's great, because i drink milk everyday, we are all so screwed...
can we hear any good news? is that possible?
no, i guess not...

[drsolo]

08:50 AM on 07/09/2011

Buy dairy in organic food stores.

[R500]

01:58 AM on 07/10/2011

I hear you, but it is so much more expensive.

[Emma Potts]

02:14 PM on 07/08/2011

Yum! Just another reason to eschew dairy products.

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