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Are these the hormones that they are talking about? My understanding is that the problems were with hormones that also occur naturally in (organic) milk.

Growth hormones we artificially add to cows are a whole other ballgame. I am not sure why anyone would drink milk from cows that have been artificailly manipulated to increase profit margins. (Oh, but it's $1 cheaper! I get it!)

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Often, increasing profit margins means giving the customer what they want. For instance, take a hormone-based manipulation that makes beef leaner. As a result, it'd be tastier and healthier (?), and thus more appealing.

That's not to say that there aren't risks, and that sometimes the costs outweigh the benefits, but to condemn genetic or hormone manipulation on the basis of it being manipulation just seems silly. We don't complain about the use of engineered alloys over "natural" iron.

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