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By large margins, blacks are more likely than whites to say black people are treated less fairly in the workplace (a difference of 42 percentage points), when applying for a loan or mortgage (41 points), in dealing with the police (34 points), in the courts (32 points), in stores or restaurants (28 points), and when voting in elections (23 points). Read more.

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In 2011, more than 34 million cattle and 850,000 calves were slaughtered to provide beef for US consumers.  An estimated 80 percent of all US feedlot cattle are injected with hormones to make them grow faster,  and one government study from 2007 estimated that approximately 17 percent of all cows in the US were given the genetically engineered growth hormone rBGH  to increase milk production.  This means higher profits for the beef and dairy industries - but at what cost? Although the USDA and FDA claim these hormones are safe, there is growing concern that hormone residues in meat and milk are harmful to human health, animal health, and the environment.  

According to the European Union’s Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures Relating to Public Health (SCVPH), the use of six natural and artificial growth hormones in beef production pose a potential risk to human health.  These six hormones include three that are naturally occurring – Oestradiol, Progesterone and Testosterone – and three that are synthetic – Zeranol, Trenbolone, and Melengestrol. When hormones are injected into cattle, some naturally occurring hormone levels increase 7 to 20 times.  The committee found that “no acceptable daily intake could be established for any of these hormones.”  

The Committee also questioned whether hormone residues in the meat of growth enhanced animals can disrupt human hormone balance, causing developmental problems, interfering with the reproductive system, and even leading to the development of breast, prostate and colon cancers. 

Children, pregnant women, and developing embryos are thought to be most susceptible to negative health effects from added hormones. For example, hormone residues in beef have been examined as a cause of lower sperm counts in boys.  The use of rBGH in dairy cows was linked in one study to increases in human twin and triplet births.  

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