Comments on: Yoplait Yogurt Goes rBGH-Free http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free Daily dose of women's health news and media analysis Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: BCAction http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-3361 BCAction Wed, 21 Apr 2010 18:16:52 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-3361 What the Cluck? Tell KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stop pinkwashing! With their "Buckets for the Cure" campaign, KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are telling us to buy buckets of unhealthy food to cure a disease that kills women. When a company purports to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribboned product, but manufactures products that are linked to the disease, we call that pinkwashing. Make no mistake--every pink bucket purchase will do more to benefit KFC's bottom line than it will to cure breast cancer. Join us in telling KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure to rethink this pinkwashing partnership. What the Cluck? Tell KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure to stop pinkwashing!
With their “Buckets for the Cure” campaign, KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure are telling us to buy buckets of unhealthy food to cure a disease that kills women. When a company purports to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribboned product, but manufactures products that are linked to the disease, we call that pinkwashing. Make no mistake–every pink bucket purchase will do more to benefit KFC’s bottom line than it will to cure breast cancer. Join us in telling KFC and Susan G. Komen for the Cure to rethink this pinkwashing partnership.

]]> By: Emily http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-1001 Emily Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:44:08 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-1001 Great news about hormone-free yogurt! And I'm so glad that BCA was quick to respond to it and able to influence a change. Great news about hormone-free yogurt! And I’m so glad that BCA was quick to respond to it and able to influence a change.

]]> By: Aleam http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-990 Aleam Thu, 12 Feb 2009 08:14:59 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-990 I am proud that we are at a time when we can again see that our voices can be heard I am proud that we are at a time when we can again see that our voices can be heard

]]> By: Elizabeth http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-982 Elizabeth Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:45:06 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-982 I'm so pleased with the consumer campaign. Its good to see the effort paid off. I’m so pleased with the consumer campaign. Its good to see the effort paid off.

]]> By: Lorraine http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-981 Lorraine Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:41:18 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-981 Great stuff by BCA. The comment by Charlotte though is worrisome. If there is no way to check rBST yoghurt from non-rBST yoghurt, then how will any company ever be accountable? It's also ironic that this obsession with breasts (not only from men of course, since so many women enjoy bulging out and feeling that good dose of "no self-respect" and "no dignity") it's ironic that food companies out there are contributing to breast cancer as if they didn't care that all these protrusions got cut off or not.... The world truly needs a spiritual revolution. Humanity needs to return to moral values. There is no other way around all these problems. God is one, humanity is one, and all religions are one. End of story. Let's get living. And behaving. Great stuff by BCA. The comment by Charlotte though is worrisome. If there is no way to check rBST yoghurt from non-rBST yoghurt, then how will any company ever be accountable? It’s also ironic that this obsession with breasts (not only from men of course, since so many women enjoy bulging out and feeling that good dose of “no self-respect” and “no dignity”) it’s ironic that food companies out there are contributing to breast cancer as if they didn’t care that all these protrusions got cut off or not….
The world truly needs a spiritual revolution. Humanity needs to return to moral values. There is no other way around all these problems. God is one, humanity is one, and all religions are one. End of story. Let’s get living. And behaving.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/blog/2009/02/yoplait-yogurt-goes-rbgh-free/comment-page-1#comment-974 Charlotte Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:40:15 +0000 http://www.ourbodiesourblog.org/?p=3957#comment-974 It will be interesting to see how General Mills can implement this new policy. There is no test which can determine between milk from cows treated with rBST and milk from cows that are untreated. The amount of bGH in the milk is the same and the molecular structure is the same. That is why the FDA allows cows to be treated with rBST. So this becomes an issue of trust. Consumers must trust that Yoplait has a way for finding non-rBST-treated cows and General Mills must trust that farmers are telling the truth when they say that they don't use rBST. Hmmm, seems like a lot of trust . . . It will be interesting to see how General Mills can implement this new policy. There is no test which can determine between milk from cows treated with rBST and milk from cows that are untreated. The amount of bGH in the milk is the same and the molecular structure is the same. That is why the FDA allows cows to be treated with rBST.

So this becomes an issue of trust. Consumers must trust that Yoplait has a way for finding non-rBST-treated cows and General Mills must trust that farmers are telling the truth when they say that they don’t use rBST. Hmmm, seems like a lot of trust . . .

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