Bovaer: If Bill Gates Thinks its Safe, It Must Be Fine

From the latest DarkHorse Evolutionary Lens with Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying on the subject of Bovaer®, an FDA approved product that is fed to cattle to reduce their production of methane.

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“…the likelihood that this is going to be a sustainable static thing that you could just keep giving these cows this feed additive all the time and methane production is magically gonna disappear without anything else happening is highly suspect.” - Heather Heying

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Mentioned in this episode:

Bovear product info: https://www.dsm.com/anh/news/downloads/infographics-checklists-and-guides/bovaer-brochure-how-cows-can-help-us-fight-climate-change.html

Mississippi State on Ruminant Biology: http://extension.msstate.edu/sites/default/files/publications/publications/P2503_web.pdf

McAllister, T.A. and Newbold, C.J., 2008. Redirecting rumen fermentation to reduce methanogenesis. Australian journal of experimental agriculture, 48(2): 7-13: https://www.publish.csiro.au/an/EA07218

DSM’s science and research: https://our-company.dsm-firmenich.com/en/our-company/science-research.html

MIT Technology Review on methane reduction in cows: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/01/1104391/2024-climate-tech-companies-rumin8-bovine-supplements/
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