By Caroline Scott-Thomas

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A district court has overturned an Ohio state ban on the labeling of milk as free from artificial hormones. The genetically modified additive, which has been linked to cancer and lower milk quality, is approved by the FDA, writes Caroline Scott-Thomas.

A district court has overturned an Ohio state ban on the labeling of milk as free from artificial hormones, saying that there is a compositional difference between milk from cows treated with growth hormone and untreated cows.

Recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), also referred to as recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH), is an artificial [genetically modified] variant of the naturally occurring hormone in the pituitary gland of cattle, which can be given to cows to increase milk production by up to ten percent.

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