April 28, 2021 Reflection

 In today's class, we learned about how 25% of the American milk industry uses a drug to increase milk production from a cow. We were told that the FDA approved of this atrocity and had fooled American families for years. In the discussion, we consulted about rather the public should have the right to know.  In my opinion, I believe that yes the consumers should know what kind of milk they are consuming. The video stated that RBGH (the drug) was approved by the FDA because they were told that it would not have a negative effect on either the cow or the humans though, in reality, the cow has to suffer from an overload of milk compiling in their bodies.  On top of that after a bit of research, I found out that having a large intake of this substance can lead to a high risk of cancer. I am not sure of the regulations and criteria for their inspections but I thought that this should have somehow come upon the FDA's radar and I don't think that it would be too late to check as many lives of both cows and humans could be saved. We also watched the court case that was between the 2 journalists and the television company after their dispute on threatening them to get them fired. I found it peculiar that the case was overturned in the federal court because the news company was backed up by the freedom of press. These problems are not minuscule problems but are not one's that would be easily solved. It would take time to solve or may never be solved because of the segregation between the rich and the poor and the unbalanced influences the rich have over the other majority of the population. 

Today's notes 

Milk RBGH
Monsanto; a company injecting drugs into the cows
FDA approved
Threatened that if they broadcast this, fox news will have dire consequences
The editors made the journalists revise the essay 83 times
Whistle Blower; protection from an organization to a person who reveals illegal information about that company.
American law says it is not illegal to lie in media, so the journalist didn't have whistleblower protection.
Why