Advertiser Newspapers Pty Limited
04 Jul 2006
FEARS about eating beef from cattle pumped up with growth hormones have been raised by a British government expert.
John Verrall said there was alarming evidence it could trigger breast and other cancers, bring forward puberty in girls and increase the risk of genital abnormalities in boys.
Mr Verrall, a member of a government advisory committee, is so concerned that he has defied an official attempt to gag him. He points to a rise in rates of breast and prostate cancer in the U.S., where two-thirds of cattle receive hormones.
The EU currently bans their use.
