Re: USATODAY.com - Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?

[Guest guest]

yeah. I'm confusing raw with organic since they are both terms dealing with food. I also confuse raw and grilled. Sometimes I confuse purple and orange, as they are both colors containing the primary color red.

Idiots.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-06-raw-milk-usat_x.htm

Interesting conclusion._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?Updated 8/6/2006 8:43 PM ET

By Weise, USA TODAY Langlois feels so strongly about the benefits of unpasteurized goatmilk that he pays $19 a gallon to have it shipped from a South Carolinadairy to his home in Estillfork, Ala. He credits it with giving him more

energy, curing his grandson's chronic diarrhea when he was an infant andkeeping the boy " steady " rather than " bouncing off the walls " now thathe's 5. Benner of Rochester, N.Y

.., drives 45 minutes each way to adairy to get a week's worth of raw cow's milk for nine families in themilk club she organized. She says she was " really struggling " on alow-fat, vegan diet but regained her strength when she added whole raw

milk and cream to her diet. Trecaso of Copley, Ohio, is in a herd share program. She and150 other families pay boarding costs for " their " cows and take theirprofits in milk, butter and cream. For her, it's about " buying food that

is minimally processed, food that is procured in a 100-mile radius. ...It's about relationships and shaking the hand that feeds you. " Each of them is a strong believer in the importance of unpasteurized

milk. Each of them is also breaking the law. Selling raw milk is illegalin 25 states and the District of Columbia. In New York, dairiesproviding raw must be state certified. Benner's is not.*THE RAW MILK DEBATE*: See if it's available in your area

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/tables/2006-08-06-raw-milk.htm>But each believes that the benefits outweigh the expense, inconvenience

and illegality. They've got lots of company.Advocates of raw milk are behind legislative efforts in Tennessee, Ohio,Kentucky and Nebraska to legalize selling raw milk. Moves to introducelegislation have begun in North Carolina and land.

Raw milk appeals to consumers who seek natural and unprocessed foods, tothose with health concerns who believe it has curative powers, and mostrecently to a new wave of evangelical Christians who follow the

teachings of Jordan Rubin's /The Maker's Diet/, a Bible-based diet ofunprocessed foods.But this is a dangerous game, public health officials say.•In June, more than 58 people in Wisconsin became ill with

/Campylobacter jejuni /from unpasteurized cheese curds.•In January, five people became ill with campylobacteriosis afterdrinking raw milk from a dairy in Larimer County, Colo.•In December 2005, six children in Washington state were infected with a

potentially deadly form of /E. coli /O157:H7 bacteria from drinkingunpasteurized milk.No matter how clean the cows or the barn, all milk contains fecalmaterial, says Keene, senior epidemiologist in Oregon's Acute

and Communicable Disease Program. " This is what happens when you hosedown a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it. " Sally Fallon disagrees. She is president of the Weston A. Price

Foundation, which follows the teachings of a Cleveland dentist who wroteon the power of natural foods in the 1930s and '40s. She believes cowsraised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are healthy

and pathogen-free. A statement on the foundation's website sayspasteurized milk " is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay,colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis,

heart disease and cancer. " That's simply not supported by science, says Sheehan, director ofthe Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy and Egg Safety.Drinking raw milk is " like playing Russian roulette with your health, "

he says.Advocates are employing various strategies in states where they can'tlegally buy the milk, including selling it as pet food, selling itfrozen because it's not in " final consumable form, " and selling cow

shares, because in most states farmers can drink unpasteurized milk fromtheir own cows.For those who are convinced that pasteurized milk is unhealthy, there'slittle that health workers can do to change their minds, says

Lynch, a food-borne-illness expert at the Centers for Disease Controland Prevention. " But we want to get the word out to people who may not understand, " hesays. " If you explained the dangers to them, they would probably not

want to drink the raw milk. They're confusing it with organic, andorganic has positive connotations. " PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!

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[Guest guest]

The CDC was instrumental in the demise of Mathis Dairy in Georgia. One

would hardly expect them to be objective about raw milk. Ironically,

their patronizing statement about the drinkers of raw milk actually

highlights how little they understand the issues involved.

We don't want to drink the raw swill that comes from confinement dairies

that pump up their cows on rGBH. We want raw milk from grass-fed

animals raised in open pastures.

If the CDC were honest they would note how many people become ill from

pasteurized milk and they would own why they are now promoting

Ultra-high temp pasteurization.

It's because the confinement cows have become so sick that the regular

treatment doesn't get what it used to. And their some things, such BLV

that it doesn't get at all.

Langlois.. yeah, the guy in the article.

Bunting wrote:

> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-06-raw-milk-usat_x.htm

>

> Interesting conclusion.

>

>

________________________________________________________________________________\

_____________________________

>

> Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?Updated 8/6/2006 8:43 PM ET

> By Weise, USA TODAY

> Langlois feels so strongly about the benefits of unpasteurized goat

> milk that he pays $19 a gallon to have it shipped from a South Carolina

> dairy to his home in Estillfork, Ala. He credits it with giving him more

> energy, curing his grandson's chronic diarrhea when he was an infant and

> keeping the boy " steady " rather than " bouncing off the walls " now that

> he's 5.

>

> Benner of Rochester, N.Y., drives 45 minutes each way to a

> dairy to get a week's worth of raw cow's milk for nine families in the

> milk club she organized. She says she was " really struggling " on a

> low-fat, vegan diet but regained her strength when she added whole raw

> milk and cream to her diet.

>

> Trecaso of Copley, Ohio, is in a herd share program. She and

> 150 other families pay boarding costs for " their " cows and take their

> profits in milk, butter and cream. For her, it's about " buying food that

> is minimally processed, food that is procured in a 100-mile radius. ...

> It's about relationships and shaking the hand that feeds you. "

>

> Each of them is a strong believer in the importance of unpasteurized

> milk. Each of them is also breaking the law. Selling raw milk is illegal

> in 25 states and the District of Columbia. In New York, dairies

> providing raw must be state certified. Benner's is not.

>

> *THE RAW MILK DEBATE*: See if it's available in your area

> <http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/tables/2006-08-06-raw-milk.htm>

>

> But each believes that the benefits outweigh the expense, inconvenience

> and illegality. They've got lots of company.

>

> Advocates of raw milk are behind legislative efforts in Tennessee, Ohio,

> Kentucky and Nebraska to legalize selling raw milk. Moves to introduce

> legislation have begun in North Carolina and land.

>

> Raw milk appeals to consumers who seek natural and unprocessed foods, to

> those with health concerns who believe it has curative powers, and most

> recently to a new wave of evangelical Christians who follow the

> teachings of Jordan Rubin's /The Maker's Diet/, a Bible-based diet of

> unprocessed foods.

>

> But this is a dangerous game, public health officials say.

>

> •In June, more than 58 people in Wisconsin became ill with

> /Campylobacter jejuni /from unpasteurized cheese curds.

>

> •In January, five people became ill with campylobacteriosis after

> drinking raw milk from a dairy in Larimer County, Colo.

>

> •In December 2005, six children in Washington state were infected with a

> potentially deadly form of /E. coli /O157:H7 bacteria from drinking

> unpasteurized milk.

>

> No matter how clean the cows or the barn, all milk contains fecal

> material, says Keene, senior epidemiologist in Oregon's Acute

> and Communicable Disease Program. " This is what happens when you hose

> down a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it. "

>

> Sally Fallon disagrees. She is president of the Weston A. Price

> Foundation, which follows the teachings of a Cleveland dentist who wrote

> on the power of natural foods in the 1930s and '40s. She believes cows

> raised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are healthy

> and pathogen-free. A statement on the foundation's website says

> pasteurized milk " is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay,

> colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis,

> heart disease and cancer. "

>

> That's simply not supported by science, says Sheehan, director of

> the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy and Egg Safety.

> Drinking raw milk is " like playing Russian roulette with your health, "

> he says.

>

> Advocates are employing various strategies in states where they can't

> legally buy the milk, including selling it as pet food, selling it

> frozen because it's not in " final consumable form, " and selling cow

> shares, because in most states farmers can drink unpasteurized milk from

> their own cows.

>

> For those who are convinced that pasteurized milk is unhealthy, there's

> little that health workers can do to change their minds, says

> Lynch, a food-borne-illness expert at the Centers for Disease Control

> and Prevention.

>

> " But we want to get the word out to people who may not understand, " he

> says. " If you explained the dangers to them, they would probably not

> want to drink the raw milk. They're confusing it with organic, and

> organic has positive connotations. "

>

>

[Guest guest]

So, , how did they happen to include you in this article?

The CDC was instrumental in the demise of Mathis Dairy in Georgia. Onewould hardly expect them to be objective about raw milk. Ironically,

their patronizing statement about the drinkers of raw milk actuallyhighlights how little they understand the issues involved.We don't want to drink the raw swill that comes from confinement dairiesthat pump up their cows on rGBH. We want raw milk from grass-fed

animals raised in open pastures.If the CDC were honest they would note how many people become ill frompasteurized milk and they would own why they are now promotingUltra-high temp pasteurization.It's because the confinement cows have become so sick that the regular

treatment doesn't get what it used to. And their some things, such BLVthat it doesn't get at all. Langlois.. yeah, the guy in the article. Bunting wrote:>

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-06-raw-milk-usat_x.htm>> Interesting conclusion.>> _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

>> Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?Updated 8/6/2006 8:43 PM ET> By Weise, USA TODAY> Langlois feels so strongly about the benefits of unpasteurized goat> milk that he pays $19 a gallon to have it shipped from a South Carolina

> dairy to his home in Estillfork, Ala. He credits it with giving him more> energy, curing his grandson's chronic diarrhea when he was an infant and> keeping the boy " steady " rather than " bouncing off the walls " now that

> he's 5.>> Benner of Rochester, N.Y., drives 45 minutes each way to a> dairy to get a week's worth of raw cow's milk for nine families in the> milk club she organized. She says she was " really struggling " on a

> low-fat, vegan diet but regained her strength when she added whole raw> milk and cream to her diet.>> Trecaso of Copley, Ohio, is in a herd share program. She and> 150 other families pay boarding costs for " their " cows and take their

> profits in milk, butter and cream. For her, it's about " buying food that> is minimally processed, food that is procured in a 100-mile radius. ...> It's about relationships and shaking the hand that feeds you. "

>> Each of them is a strong believer in the importance of unpasteurized> milk. Each of them is also breaking the law. Selling raw milk is illegal> in 25 states and the District of Columbia. In New York, dairies

> providing raw must be state certified. Benner's is not.>> *THE RAW MILK DEBATE*: See if it's available in your area> <

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/tables/2006-08-06-raw-milk.htm>>> But each believes that the benefits outweigh the expense, inconvenience> and illegality. They've got lots of company.>

> Advocates of raw milk are behind legislative efforts in Tennessee, Ohio,> Kentucky and Nebraska to legalize selling raw milk. Moves to introduce> legislation have begun in North Carolina and land.

>> Raw milk appeals to consumers who seek natural and unprocessed foods, to> those with health concerns who believe it has curative powers, and most> recently to a new wave of evangelical Christians who follow the

> teachings of Jordan Rubin's /The Maker's Diet/, a Bible-based diet of> unprocessed foods.>> But this is a dangerous game, public health officials say.>> •In June, more than 58 people in Wisconsin became ill with

> /Campylobacter jejuni /from unpasteurized cheese curds.>> •In January, five people became ill with campylobacteriosis after> drinking raw milk from a dairy in Larimer County, Colo.>

> •In December 2005, six children in Washington state were infected with a> potentially deadly form of /E. coli /O157:H7 bacteria from drinking> unpasteurized milk.>> No matter how clean the cows or the barn, all milk contains fecal

> material, says Keene, senior epidemiologist in Oregon's Acute> and Communicable Disease Program. " This is what happens when you hose> down a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it. "

>> Sally Fallon disagrees. She is president of the Weston A. Price> Foundation, which follows the teachings of a Cleveland dentist who wrote> on the power of natural foods in the 1930s and '40s. She believes cows

> raised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are healthy> and pathogen-free. A statement on the foundation's website says> pasteurized milk " is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay,

> colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis,> heart disease and cancer. " >> That's simply not supported by science, says Sheehan, director of> the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy and Egg Safety.

> Drinking raw milk is " like playing Russian roulette with your health, " > he says.>> Advocates are employing various strategies in states where they can't> legally buy the milk, including selling it as pet food, selling it

> frozen because it's not in " final consumable form, " and selling cow> shares, because in most states farmers can drink unpasteurized milk from> their own cows.>> For those who are convinced that pasteurized milk is unhealthy, there's

> little that health workers can do to change their minds, says > Lynch, a food-borne-illness expert at the Centers for Disease Control> and Prevention.>> " But we want to get the word out to people who may not understand, " he

> says. " If you explained the dangers to them, they would probably not> want to drink the raw milk. They're confusing it with organic, and> organic has positive connotations. " >>

PLEASE BE KIND AND TRIM YOUR POSTS WHEN REPLYING!Visit our Raw Dairy Files for a wealth of information!http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDairy/files/

Archive search: http://onibasu.com

[Guest guest]

I responded to a request for information from Sally Fallon.

The lady doing the interview was nice and seemed genuinely interested. 

My guess is that the latter quotes were dropped in by her editor.

Cline wrote:

So, , how did they happen to include you in this article? 

On 8/6/06,

Langlois <john.langloishughes (DOT) net>

wrote:

The CDC was

instrumental in the demise of Mathis Dairy in Georgia.  One

would hardly expect them to be objective about raw milk.  Ironically,

their patronizing statement about the drinkers of raw milk actually

highlights how little they understand the issues involved.

We don't want to drink the raw swill that comes from confinement dairies

that pump up their cows on rGBH.  We want raw milk from grass-fed

animals raised in open pastures.

If the CDC were honest they would note how many people become ill from

pasteurized milk and they would own why they are now promoting

Ultra-high temp pasteurization.

It's because the confinement cows have become so sick that the regular

treatment doesn't get what it used to.  And their some things, such BLV

that it doesn't get at all.

Langlois.. yeah, the guy in the article.

J

[Guest guest]

That speaks for the accuracy and intelligence of anything in the national press. On 8/6/06, Cline <karen.cline@...

> wrote:

yeah. I'm confusing raw with organic since they are both terms dealing with food. I also confuse raw and grilled. Sometimes I confuse purple and orange, as they are both colors containing the primary color red.

Idiots.

[Guest guest]

I was not crazy about the article, but when I clicked on the link : "see if it's available in your area" I discovered we are legal! YAY!!!

The grid describes TX as having legal farm sales (grade A) and cow shares!! We've been running a milk club w/ an LLC for almost 3 years (like many others), wondering if there was going to be a stink made eventually, so I guess we can breathe a sigh of relief and start letting folks know that we exist.

Thanks!

Tina in (Hockley) TX

NW Houston Milk Club

Eden's Gate Dairy

[Guest guest]

I'm suspicious of the grid information, it does not offer complete information. For example, in Arizona, yes, we can sell raw milk from the farm, stores, etc., however, we must be certified as a Grade A Dairy to be legal. Getting certified Grade A is a major battle. We have one legal Grade A cow dairy here, but they fought tooth and nail to sell raw milk. They were shut down repeatedly for one thing after another. They persisted and are still around. I also know of a cow share and a goat share that were ordered to cease and desist. Here's the article on that: http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/related/56498.php According to that article, Arizona does not recognize or permit shares. I did email the lawyer from this group who reviewed all the laws for the www.realmilk.org site and he says according to what he interpreted, Arizona law does not explicitly say that we *cannot* have shares, so he says we have to fight the government if they try to shut someone down.

Anyway, I wouldn't trust it completely. Getting certified Grade A consists of following a document about 17 pages long with minute details about the building construction, etc.

Starlene

-----Original Message----- From: ggilks

Tina I found it and I also looked at Texas and did a little rain dance...lol....I am a LLC and so happy to know am not breaking the law. Yippee..........Ina

Re: USATODAY.com - Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?

I was not crazy about the article, but when I clicked on the link : "see if it's available in your area" I discovered we are legal! YAY!!!

The grid describes TX as having legal farm sales (grade A) and cow shares!! We've been running a milk club w/ an LLC for almost 3 years (like many others), wondering if there was going to be a stink made eventually, so I guess we can breathe a sigh of relief and start letting folks know that we exist.

[Guest guest]

Nana I am with you...We drink raw milk and love it..I would love to see a young-un keep up with my 78 year old husband that everyone thinks is 60....They could not do it day in and day out. Ina

Re: USATODAY.com - Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?

One thing that always puzzles me about how people who oppose raw dairy think. Their ancestors survived on it and did not have the availability of freezers and refrigerators among other things that we have available today to take care of that raw dairy. You almost wonder what some of these people's fore fathers would say to them if they heard them.How in the world do they think it was done way back. Shoot I live in the country in a very rural part of Mo and alot of the folks around here never even started going to a grocery store until 30 years ago. I can tell ya this there are several older folks around here that work in the hay fields at 70 and can keep up with the youngins. Just think if they had never gone to the grocery store. I just wish someone would ask one of these interviewers one question how do you think your ancestors survived I mean OH MY GOSH they did not pasterize all civilization should of been iradicated by all those terrible things we hear can happen to us if we drink raw dairy.I wish people could wake up and use their own GOD given common sense.Every article I have read on don't eat this or don't do that, eat eggs, don't eat eggs, eat meat, don't eat meat, every article has been revised and revised they find one key (they think) only to find after more research they didn't find nothing at all. There is one book that the message is the same all thru time the BIBLE. and Psalm 1:1 basically tells us who's advice to take.>> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-06-raw-milk-usat_x.htm> > Interesting conclusion.> > __________________________________________________________________________________________________> > Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?Updated 8/6/2006 8:43 PM ET> By Weise, USA TODAY> Langlois feels so strongly about the benefits of unpasteurized goat > milk that he pays $19 a gallon to have it shipped from a South Carolina > dairy to his home in Estillfork, Ala. He credits it with giving him more > energy, curing his grandson's chronic diarrhea when he was an infant and > keeping the boy "steady" rather than "bouncing off the walls" now that > he's 5.> > Benner of Rochester, N.Y., drives 45 minutes each way to a > dairy to get a week's worth of raw cow's milk for nine families in the > milk club she organized. She says she was "really struggling" on a > low-fat, vegan diet but regained her strength when she added whole raw > milk and cream to her diet.> > Trecaso of Copley, Ohio, is in a herd share program. She and > 150 other families pay boarding costs for "their" cows and take their > profits in milk, butter and cream. For her, it's about "buying food that > is minimally processed, food that is procured in a 100-mile radius. ... > It's about relationships and shaking the hand that feeds you."> > Each of them is a strong believer in the importance of unpasteurized > milk. Each of them is also breaking the law. Selling raw milk is illegal > in 25 states and the District of Columbia. In New York, dairies > providing raw must be state certified. Benner's is not.> > *THE RAW MILK DEBATE*: See if it's available in your area > <http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/tables/2006-08-06-raw-milk.htm>> > But each believes that the benefits outweigh the expense, inconvenience > and illegality. They've got lots of company.> > Advocates of raw milk are behind legislative efforts in Tennessee, Ohio, > Kentucky and Nebraska to legalize selling raw milk. Moves to introduce > legislation have begun in North Carolina and land.> > Raw milk appeals to consumers who seek natural and unprocessed foods, to > those with health concerns who believe it has curative powers, and most > recently to a new wave of evangelical Christians who follow the > teachings of Jordan Rubin's /The Maker's Diet/, a Bible-based diet of > unprocessed foods.> > But this is a dangerous game, public health officials say.> > •In June, more than 58 people in Wisconsin became ill with > /Campylobacter jejuni /from unpasteurized cheese curds.> > •In January, five people became ill with campylobacteriosis after > drinking raw milk from a dairy in Larimer County, Colo.> > •In December 2005, six children in Washington state were infected with a > potentially deadly form of /E. coli /O157:H7 bacteria from drinking > unpasteurized milk.> > No matter how clean the cows or the barn, all milk contains fecal > material, says Keene, senior epidemiologist in Oregon's Acute > and Communicable Disease Program. "This is what happens when you hose > down a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it."> > Sally Fallon disagrees. She is president of the Weston A. Price > Foundation, which follows the teachings of a Cleveland dentist who wrote > on the power of natural foods in the 1930s and '40s. She believes cows > raised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are healthy > and pathogen-free. A statement on the foundation's website says > pasteurized milk "is associated with allergies, increased tooth decay, > colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis, arthritis, > heart disease and cancer."> > That's simply not supported by science, says Sheehan, director of > the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy and Egg Safety. > Drinking raw milk is "like playing Russian roulette with your health," > he says.> > Advocates are employing various strategies in states where they can't > legally buy the milk, including selling it as pet food, selling it > frozen because it's not in "final consumable form," and selling cow > shares, because in most states farmers can drink unpasteurized milk from > their own cows.> > For those who are convinced that pasteurized milk is unhealthy, there's > little that health workers can do to change their minds, says > Lynch, a food-borne-illness expert at the Centers for Disease Control > and Prevention.> > "But we want to get the word out to people who may not understand," he > says. "If you explained the dangers to them, they would probably not > want to drink the raw milk. They're confusing it with organic, and > organic has positive connotations.">

[Guest guest]

Amen Nana, I agree with everything you said, especially the last line.

> >

> > http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-08-06-raw-milk-usat_x.htm

> >

> > Interesting conclusion.

> >

> >

> _____________________________________________________________________

> ________________________________________

> >

> > Raw milk: Fit for human consumption?Updated 8/6/2006 8:43 PM ET

> > By Weise, USA TODAY

> > Langlois feels so strongly about the benefits of

> unpasteurized goat

> > milk that he pays $19 a gallon to have it shipped from a South

> Carolina

> > dairy to his home in Estillfork, Ala. He credits it with giving

> him more

> > energy, curing his grandson's chronic diarrhea when he was an

> infant and

> > keeping the boy " steady " rather than " bouncing off the walls " now

> that

> > he's 5.

> >

> > Benner of Rochester, N.Y., drives 45 minutes each way to

> a

> > dairy to get a week's worth of raw cow's milk for nine families in

> the

> > milk club she organized. She says she was " really struggling " on a

> > low-fat, vegan diet but regained her strength when she added whole

> raw

> > milk and cream to her diet.

> >

> > Trecaso of Copley, Ohio, is in a herd share program. She

> and

> > 150 other families pay boarding costs for " their " cows and take

> their

> > profits in milk, butter and cream. For her, it's about " buying

> food that

> > is minimally processed, food that is procured in a 100-mile

> radius. ...

> > It's about relationships and shaking the hand that feeds you. "

> >

> > Each of them is a strong believer in the importance of

> unpasteurized

> > milk. Each of them is also breaking the law. Selling raw milk is

> illegal

> > in 25 states and the District of Columbia. In New York, dairies

> > providing raw must be state certified. Benner's is not.

> >

> > *THE RAW MILK DEBATE*: See if it's available in your area

> > <http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/tables/2006-08-06-raw-

> milk.htm>

> >

> > But each believes that the benefits outweigh the expense,

> inconvenience

> > and illegality. They've got lots of company.

> >

> > Advocates of raw milk are behind legislative efforts in Tennessee,

> Ohio,

> > Kentucky and Nebraska to legalize selling raw milk. Moves to

> introduce

> > legislation have begun in North Carolina and land.

> >

> > Raw milk appeals to consumers who seek natural and unprocessed

> foods, to

> > those with health concerns who believe it has curative powers, and

> most

> > recently to a new wave of evangelical Christians who follow the

> > teachings of Jordan Rubin's /The Maker's Diet/, a Bible-based diet

> of

> > unprocessed foods.

> >

> > But this is a dangerous game, public health officials say.

> >

> > •In June, more than 58 people in Wisconsin became ill with

> > /Campylobacter jejuni /from unpasteurized cheese curds.

> >

> > •In January, five people became ill with campylobacteriosis after

> > drinking raw milk from a dairy in Larimer County, Colo.

> >

> > •In December 2005, six children in Washington state were infected

> with a

> > potentially deadly form of /E. coli /O157:H7 bacteria from

> drinking

> > unpasteurized milk.

> >

> > No matter how clean the cows or the barn, all milk contains fecal

> > material, says Keene, senior epidemiologist in Oregon's

> Acute

> > and Communicable Disease Program. " This is what happens when you

> hose

> > down a cow and then put a vacuum down at the south end of it. "

> >

> > Sally Fallon disagrees. She is president of the Weston A. Price

> > Foundation, which follows the teachings of a Cleveland dentist who

> wrote

> > on the power of natural foods in the 1930s and '40s. She believes

> cows

> > raised on pasture grass, rather than in pens eating corn, are

> healthy

> > and pathogen-free. A statement on the foundation's website says

> > pasteurized milk " is associated with allergies, increased tooth

> decay,

> > colic in infants, growth problems in children, osteoporosis,

> arthritis,

> > heart disease and cancer. "

> >

> > That's simply not supported by science, says Sheehan,

> director of

> > the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy and Egg

> Safety.

> > Drinking raw milk is " like playing Russian roulette with your

> health, "

> > he says.

> >

> > Advocates are employing various strategies in states where they

> can't

> > legally buy the milk, including selling it as pet food, selling it

> > frozen because it's not in " final consumable form, " and selling

> cow

> > shares, because in most states farmers can drink unpasteurized

> milk from

> > their own cows.

> >

> > For those who are convinced that pasteurized milk is unhealthy,

> there's

> > little that health workers can do to change their minds, says

>

> > Lynch, a food-borne-illness expert at the Centers for Disease

> Control

> > and Prevention.

> >

> > " But we want to get the word out to people who may not

> understand, " he

> > says. " If you explained the dangers to them, they would probably

> not

> > want to drink the raw milk. They're confusing it with organic, and

> > organic has positive connotations. "

> >

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