'Raw milk' advocates, health officials step up dispute

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To a small but dedicated community, it's "raw milk," a life-giving, vitamin and enzyme-rich miracle cure for asthma, gastrointestinal disorders and multiple other illnesses. The viewpoint, championed in the past decade by the Weston A. Price Foundation, which follows the nutritional teachings of a mid-century Ohio dentist, has gained a life of its own on the Internet...http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-15-rawmilk15_ST_N.htm

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> To a small but dedicated community, it's " raw milk, " a life-giving,

> vitamin and enzyme-rich miracle cure for asthma, gastrointestinal

> disorders and multiple other illnesses. The viewpoint, championed in

> the past decade by the Weston A. Price Foundation, which follows the

> nutritional teachings of a mid-century Ohio dentist, has gained a

> life of its own on the Internet...

>

> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-15-rawmilk15_ST_N.htm

>

What are people's thoughts on this article, with the picture of the mother with

her adorable child at the top, who got e. coli from the first bottle of raw milk

she drank, and ended up in the hospital with kidney and reproductive damage? My

heart goes out to her, but I also feel a bit manipulated, and I suspect we are

not getting the whole story here. Can it be as simple as the usual WAPF

response of " know your source " ? I apologize, as I haven't been reading this

list lately. I saw Carolyn's post on the NewWAPHB list and nobody responded,

and thought I'd see if anyone had responded here, as everyone is so knowledgable

about raw milk, but nobody has. It must be old news on this list, but I

appreciate anyone who might humor me and respond.

Thanks,

Barrie

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>

> To a small but dedicated community, it's " raw milk, " a life-giving,

> vitamin and enzyme-rich miracle cure for asthma, gastrointestinal

> disorders and multiple other illnesses. The viewpoint, championed in

> the past decade by the Weston A. Price Foundation, which follows the

> nutritional teachings of a mid-century Ohio dentist, has gained a

> life of its own on the Internet...

>

> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-04-15-rawmilk15_ST_N.htm

>

What are people's thoughts on this article, with the picture of the mother with

her adorable child at the top, who got e. coli from the first bottle of raw milk

she drank, and ended up in the hospital with kidney and reproductive damage? My

heart goes out to her, but I also feel a bit manipulated, and I suspect we are

not getting the whole story here. Can it be as simple as the usual WAPF

response of " know your source " ? I apologize, as I haven't been reading this

list lately. I saw Carolyn's post on the NewWAPHB list and nobody responded,

and thought I'd see if anyone had responded here, as everyone is so knowledgable

about raw milk, but nobody has. It must be old news on this list, but I

appreciate anyone who might humor me and respond.

Thanks,

Barrie

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Was the kidney damage from the doctors giving the wrong antibiotic at the

hospital? I know that is what happened in a couple of the cases in CA a few

years ago. The doctors didn't wait to find out if it was e-coli and almost

killed the children because of it. Why is that always left out of the story?

Cheyenne

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> What are people's thoughts on this article, with the picture of the mother

with her adorable child at the top, who got e. coli from the first bottle of raw

milk she drank, and ended up in the hospital with kidney and reproductive

damage? My heart goes out to her, but I also feel a bit manipulated, and I

suspect we are not getting the whole story here. Can it be as simple as the

usual WAPF response of " know your source " ? I apologize, as I haven't been

reading this list lately. I saw Carolyn's post on the NewWAPHB list and nobody

responded, and thought I'd see if anyone had responded here, as everyone is so

knowledgable about raw milk, but nobody has. It must be old news on this list,

but I appreciate anyone who might humor me and respond.

>

> Thanks,

> Barrie

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