title: [Extension of toxicologic evaluation standards in environmental medicine exemplified by use of bovine somatotropin (BST) in food production--an interdisciplinary study].
abstract: In food hygiene, the substances used are evaluated exclusively according to toxicological criteria. As a result of the increasing possibilities of intervention, e.g., by means of hormonal control of life processes, the question is raised as to whether the relationship in health--that of the human being to his environment--may also be affected by the use of substances in a manner other than toxicological. In the case of bovine somatotropin (BST) it is shown that external hormonal control intervenes in the organism's own regulation and correspondingly limits the capability of experiencing nonhuman subjectivity. The resulting health consequences are discussed on the basis of a semiotics of the environment which allocates a sign background to the toxicological process.
authors.affiliation: Hygiene-Institut, Philospophisches Seminar, Universität Mainz.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dunkelberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grätzel
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D003612:Dairying; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000032:analysis; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D013006:Growth Hormone
vernacular_title: Zur Frage der Erweiterung toxikologischer Beurteilungs-normen in der Umweltmedizin am Beispiel der Anwendung des bovinen Somatotropins (BST) in der Lebensmittelerzeugung--eine interdisziplinäre Studie.