Beginning Jan. 1, 2018, they will be banned to prevent
diseases and as growth promotants.
Most other government restrictions, including those adopted
this year by drug companies, only end their use as growth promotants.
Close observers have noticed that this is meaningless as
long as they can continue to be used to prevent diseases.
California’s law is the toughest one so far in the United
States. What starts there often sweeps across the nation and then into Canada.