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Title: Lawmakers Drink Raw Milk To Celebrate Its Legality, Become Immediately Sick
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modernfarmer.com
URL Source: http://modernfarmer.com/2016/03/wes ... ginia-lawmakers-raw-milk-sick/
Published: Jun 3, 2016
Author: Dan Nosowitz
Post Date: 2016-06-03 09:41:21 by Gatlin
Keywords: None
Views: 5874
Comments: 27
Raw milk is a controversial topic; the Food & Drug Administration contends that drinking unpasteurized milk is unnecessarily dangerous, and as a result it's banned in much of the country. Proponents claim that raw milk is healthier and sometimes just use it as a way to assert their right to eat or drink whatever they want. WSAZ, a local news affiliate in West Virginia, got a tip that might make legalizing raw milk just a little bit harder. Last week, West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law a bill that makes it legal to drink (but not sell) raw milk throughout the state, despite pressures from the dairy industry and from the FDA, which actually testified that raw milk is unsafe. However, the law doesn’t go into effect for 30 days. Raw milk is a controversial topic; the Food & Drug Administration contends that drinking unpasteurized milk is unnecessarily dangerous, and as a result it's banned in much of the country. Proponents claim that raw milk is healthier and sometimes just use it as a way to assert their right to eat or drink whatever they want. WSAZ, a local news affiliate in West Virginia, got a tip that might make legalizing raw milk just a little bit harder. Last week, West Virginia governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed into law a bill that makes it legal to drink (but not sell) raw milk throughout the state, despite pressures from the dairy industry and from the FDA, which actually testified that raw milk is unsafe. However, the law doesn’t go into effect for 30 days. According to the tipster, who remains anonymous, state representative Scott Cadle (Republican of West Virginia’s 13th district) brought in some raw milk to celebrate the legalization. Cadle, says the tipster, handed out samples to various other representatives. And now, verifies WSAZ, several West Virginia lawmakers are severely sick to their stomachs. Pat McGeehan (Republican of West Virginia’s first district), one of the afflicted, says that while he did drink the raw milk, that a stomach bug is going around and that he does not believe his illness to be related to the milk. Although there isn’t proof—and we all know that correlation doesn’t equal causation—there’s certainly the possibility that the raw milk consumption and the illnesses are related. Raw milk is not pasteurized, or heated up to a temperature of 140 degrees F for 20 minutes, a process that kills off bacteria that can cause foodborne illness, including Salmonella, listeria, and E. coli. The Center for Disease Control says that thousands of illnesses, and two deaths, can be linked conclusively to consumption of raw dairy products in the period between 1998 and 2011. The Cornell University food science department, one of the premier such institutions in the world, puts it simply: “We recommend pasteurization of milk intended for consumption by humans.” There are substantial efforts to allow the sale and consumption of raw milk, partly from entities who claim that the pasteurization process is unnecessary thanks to modern sanitary requirements, that the process kills beneficial bacteria and vitamins, and that raw milk can have effects ranging from healthier gut flora to decreased risk of cancer. The West Virginia lawmakers involved here are a slightly different breed; they mostly push for legal raw milk out of a libertarian instinct that citizens should be able to decide what they eat and drink. “There definitely shouldn’t be a law against allowing people to do what they want within the framework of the rule of law,” McGeehan told WSAZ. “Just be careful.” It’s unclear how careful McGeehan was when he drank a cup of raw milk handed to him by a co-worker. 
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#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
There's a pretty good chance that this was a sabotage effort perpetrated by someone who deliberately brought contaminated milk in an effort to deny West Virginians the right to make their own choices. Then there's this : Pat McGeehan (Republican of West Virginia’s first district), one of the afflicted, says that while he did drink the raw milk, that a stomach bug is going around and that he does not believe his illness to be related to the milk. Of course, there are some (like you) who prefer the government dictate what we may put into our own bodies. However this sentence sums up the thoughts of all free Americans. The West Virginia lawmakers involved here are a slightly different breed; they mostly push for legal raw milk out of a libertarian instinct that citizens should be able to decide what they eat and drink.
Ah, the ole conspiracy snake once again raises its ugly head and shows its fangs. It has been a while since we have had a ridiculous CT so you might as well get one started now ... eh?
Gee - who has the most to gain by making the lawmakers sick and blaming it on raw milk? The problem with shallow thinking folks like you is that you never consider any other possibilities than the ones that are spoon-fed to you.
Are you going to spew the same conspiracy theories when citizens get sick from contaminated raw milk? Move on? Nothing to see here?
Right, because as we all know, pasteurized milk products are perfectly safe. Blue Bell recalls all its ice cream, other products due to Listeria contamination CLEVELAND, Ohio-- Blue Bell Creameries, which began a recall of some of its products in March after several people in Kansas fell ill with listeriosis, is now expanding that recall to include all of its products nationwide. Ten people have fallen ill in two different clusters related to the contaminated ice cream products, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Three people have died. The illnesses began as far back as January of 2010, according to the CDC. Two clusters of illness first detected were in five people who were patients in the same Kansas hospital and in three patients in a Texas hospital. The patients all consumed Blue Bell ice cream while in the hospital. The tainted products were produced in two different Blue Bell facilities, one in Texas and one in Oklahoma. Today, the CDC added two cases, in Arizona and Oklahoma, bringing the total number of illnesses to 10 nationwide. Listeria can cause a potentially fatal infection and is particularly dangerous to older adults, pregnant women, newborns, and adults with weakened immune systems, according to the CDC. Symptoms may include fever and muscle aches, GI symptoms, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and convulsions.
#14. To: Deckard (#13)
probably she keep love
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#4. To: Deckard (#2)
There's a pretty good chance that this was a sabotage effort perpetrated by someone who deliberately brought contaminated milk in ...
#5. To: Gatlin (#4)
Ah, the ole conspiracy snake
#7. To: Deckard (#5)
"Gee - who has the most to gain by making the lawmakers sick and blaming it on raw milk?"
#13. To: misterwhite (#7)
...when citizens get sick from contaminated raw milk?
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