M.M. Van Benschoten, O.M.D, CA, Inc. Joe McSweyn, O.M.D, C.A. Pari Vokshori, L.Ac, D.O.M. Alan Sher, L.Ac Gila Varis, L.Ac, R.N. Steven Jarsky, L.Ac, D.A.O.M. Jordan Hoffman, L,Ac, Dipl. O.M. Tina VanBenschoten, R.N. 21201 Victory Blvd, Suite 135, Canoga Park, CA 91303 818-348-9973 phone 818-348-9974 fax www.MMVanBenschotenOMD.com FrontOffice@MMVanOMD.com It’s Not All White: The Cocktail of Up to 20 Chemicals in a Glass of Milk
Healthy drink: Quantities of compounds found in milk were minuscule.
A glass of milk can contain a cocktail of up to 20 painkil ers, antibiotics and growth hormones, scientists have shown. Using a highly sensitive test, they found a host of
chemicals used to treat il nesses in animals and people in samples of cow, goat and
human breast milk. The doses of drugs were far too small to have an effect on anyone
drinking them, but the results highlight how man-made chemicals are now found throughout the food chain.
The highest quantities of medicines were found in cow’s milk. Researchers believe some
of the drugs and growth promoters were given to the cattle, or got into milk through
cattle feed or contamination on the farm. The Spanish-Moroccan team analyzed 20 samples of cow’s milk bought in Spain and Morocco, along with samples of goat and breast milk. Their breakdown, published in
the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, revealed that cow’s milk contained traces of anti-
inflammatory drugs niflumic acid, mefenamic acid and ketoprofen – commonly used as painkil ers in
animals and people. It also contained the hormone 17-beta-estradiol, a form of the sex hormone oestrogen. The hormone was detected at three mil ionths of a gram in every kilogram of milk, while the
highest dose of niflumic acid was less than one mil ionth of a gram per kilogram of milk.However, the
scientists, led by Dr Evaristo Ballesteros,
of Jaen in Spain, say their technique could
before they enter the food chain. This would raise consumers’ awareness and give them the knowledge
that food is… harmless, pure, genuine, beneficial to health and free of toxic residues,’ he added.
M.M. Van Benschoten, O.M.D, CA, Inc. Joe McSweyn, O.M.D, C.A. Pari Vokshori, L.Ac, D.O.M. Alan Sher, L.Ac Gila Varis, L.Ac, R.N. Steven Jarsky, L.Ac, D.A.O.M. Jordan Hoffman, L,Ac, Dipl. O.M. Tina VanBenschoten, R.N. 21201 Victory Blvd, Suite 135, Canoga Park, CA 91303 818-348-9973 phone 818-348-9974 fax www.MMVanBenschotenOMD.com FrontOffice@MMVanOMD.com Net result: Compounds manufactured and used by humans are showing up in all parts of the food
chain. The tests also found niflumic acid in goat’s milk, while breast milk contained traces of painkil ers ibuprofen and naproxen, along with the antibiotic triclosan and some hormones.
The researchers say their new 30-minute test is the most sensitive of its kind. If the findings are true for
Spanish and Moroccan milk, they could equal y be true for milk produced in Britain and northern Europe.
Last year Portsmouth University scientists found that fish were being contaminated with the anti-
depressant Prozac. The drug enters rivers from the sewer system and tinkers with the brain chemistry of
Previous studies have shown that caffeine is released into our waterways after surviving the sewage
The hormones from the contraceptive pil and HRT have been blamed for feminising fish, leading to male
The effects of antibiotics, blood pressure drugs and cholesterol-lowering drugs on wildlife are also being
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