Mad Cows and Milk Gate

by Virgil Hulse

Book Overview

It is only common sense to recognize that when we consume a fluid that has been emitted from an animal, or the actual flesh itself, we are at risk for whatever ailed the animal. The implications of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965437701
• ISBN13: 9780965437707
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Marble Mountain Publishing
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

You are what you eat...

Let me first say that I am not one of Dr. Hulse's peers and I had much difficulty plowing through his heavy medical terms and Latin words usage, however, I was able to grasp the argument that he put forward. Also, I want to be sure that you have the correct picture of Dr. Hulse in mind before going further. He is not an environmental wacko, in fact, I would say that he is fond of meat, milk and eggs. He is against what America's food industries have become and the result it had on our food chain. He tells us why America's meat, milk and eggs are no longer safe for human consumption, when that happened, what needs to be done to correct the problem, and why nothing seems to be getting done. Essentially, the problems are a result of feeding meat protein and manure, which is converted into feed pellets, to cattle, hogs and chickens. The dead animals include cattle, hogs and chickens that died from disease and therefore cannot be fed to humans. The rendering process for turning a cow carcass into food pellets for other cows to eat does not kill all the pathogens and the disease is then passed on to the next herd of cows. Cows with leukemia, cancer and other illnesses are milked until their milk production decreases to far, which then the cow is culled from the herd and rendered into feed for other cows. Pasteurization techniques that used to kill the virus and bacterium in milk have changed and now allow some of the pathogens into the food chain. Farmers are routinely using antibiotics as a preventive measure to get the most from their herds. These are the same antibiotics that people need. Overuse of the antibiotics is creating strains of bacteria that are not affected by the antibiotic. When a person is sick from one of these new strains their doctors will not have an antibiotic solution to cure them. Those antibiotics also make it to the dinner table in milk. Another drug that makes it to your table is the growth hormones given to cattle either to make them produce more milk or to make them leaner. A leaner cow will bring the farmer more money at slaughter than a fat cow. Our chicken industry has its share of problems too. Feeding dead chickens and chicken manure to chickens is causing salmonella to spread throughout the entire flock.Dr. Hulse goes on to expose the drug industry's efforts to keep hormones and antibiotics in farming, how the American food industries are influencing congress and are trying to force their tainted products on other countries who don't want to eat our stuff. They have laws changed in their favor that block free speech against their product and have definitions of words like "organic" changed so organic food could include their tainted products. They influence the FDA and USDA to reduce food inspection quality at every turn. Dr. Hulse claims that the cost to the consumer through his or her own medical bills and reduced quality of life far exceeds the cost to the food industry if it were to clean up i