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Consumer Concerns About Hormones in Food, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 37

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This fact sheet addresses some of the consumer concerns about the use of hormones and growth promoters in the meat and dairy industries. This includes why hormones are used in food production, how they are used, the monitoring of residues by federal agencies, concerns about human and animal health, and where more research is needed.

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Fact sheet on consumer concerns about the use of hormones in food production

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United States Department of Agriculture CSREES and the New York State Department of Health

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2000-06

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Cornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors

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breast cancer; meat and dairy hormones

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