Is There a Connection Between Bovine Growth Hormone and Early Puberty?
were pouring out of the building and into the street. To my amazement, all the girls looked like they were wearing wonder bras under their skimpy tank tops, showing a cleavage I myself didn’t possess until after having my first child. “Do you suppose they’ve had boob jobs?” asked my husband. “Either that, or they’ve been taking steroids,” I answered back. It wasn’t until much later that it occurred to me that the reason for those voluptuous 13 and 14 year old figures might be due to the growth hormones being injected in dairy cattle to increase milk production. Bovine Growth Hormone According to our school nurse, early puberty has been on the increase in the United States for the past 20 years or so. She noted that American girls seem to be developing breasts at a much earlier age with some menstruating as early as third grade. And it gets worse. Along with this early puberty was the added problem of sexual urges at a much younger age, with overall teen pregnancies on the rise in the U
