:31:03
as each cow is not treated
is a lost income opportunity.
:31:07
But the problem was
:31:08
that use of
the artificial hormone
:31:11
caused all sorts of
problems for the cows.
:31:14
It caused something
called mastitis
:31:15
which is a very painful
infection of the udders.
:31:20
When you milk the cow
:31:22
if the cow
has bad mastitis
:31:23
some of the
:31:24
and I dont know how to
say this in a you know
:31:25
I hope people arent
watching at dinnertime
:31:28
but the pus from the
infection of the udders
:31:30
ends up in the milk.
:31:32
And the somatic cell
count they call it
:31:34
the bacteria count
:31:35
inside your
milk goes up.
:31:38
Theres accost to the cows.
:31:41
The cows get sicker when
theyre injected with RBGH.
:31:44
Theyre injected
with antibiotics.
:31:47
We know that people are
consuming antibiotics
:31:51
through their food
:31:52
and we know that
thats contributing
:31:54
to antibiotic resistant
bacteria and diseases.
:31:57
And we know we're at a
crisis when somebody can go
:31:59
into a hospital and
get a staff infection
:32:01
and it cant be
cured and they die.
:32:04
Thats a crisis.
:32:06
Bad for the cow
:32:07
Bad for the farmer
:32:09
Bad potentially
for the consumer
:32:11
The jury is out
:32:12
we see a lot of
conflicting evidence
:32:15
about potential
health risk.
:32:16
And of course
as a consumer
:32:18
my belief is why
should I take any risk?
:32:26
Factory farm cows have not
been the only victims
:32:28
of Monsanto products.
:32:31
Large areas of Vietnam were
deforested by the us military
:32:34
using Monsantos agent orange.
:32:39
The toxic herbicide
reportedly caused
:32:41
over 50000 birth defects
:32:44
and hundreds of thousands of cancers
in Vietnamese civilians and soldiers
:32:48
and in former American troops
serving in South East Asia.
:32:53
Unlike the Vietnamese victims
:32:55
U. S. Vietnam war veterans
exposed to Agent Orange
:32:58
were able to sue Monsanto
for causing their illnesses.