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Related: About this forumWV Lawmakers celebrate legalizing raw milk by drinking raw milk -- and getting sick
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WSAZ.com: In the weeks after passing a bill allowing West Virginians to drink raw milk, one delegate brought the drink in to celebrate and...several lawmakers have gotten sick...An anonymous complaint is in at the state Department of Health and Human Resources...now state health officials have to investigate why at least one person is saying the raw milk was given illegally and got these lawmakers sick...
Several lawmakers say a delegate who sponsored the bill, Scott Cadle (R - Mason, 13), brought in the drinks. " (He) caught me in the hallway, offered a cup to me, and you want to try to be a gentleman," (said) Pat McGeehan (R - Hancock, 01). "I had a small sip and walked away and tossed the rest of it."
...(S)upporters say raw milk has a higher nutritional content and is more ethical. "I don't think it's any riskier than eating raw oysters or anything like that," says McGeehan...(who) is quite sick himself...(A) recent stomach bug has been making the rounds for weeks. "I highly doubt raw milk had anything to do with it, in my case..."
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed a similar bill last year...(H)e signed this...bill because it has precautions in place to better protect people's health...Cadle declined an interview request from WSAZ.
Several lawmakers say a delegate who sponsored the bill, Scott Cadle (R - Mason, 13), brought in the drinks. " (He) caught me in the hallway, offered a cup to me, and you want to try to be a gentleman," (said) Pat McGeehan (R - Hancock, 01). "I had a small sip and walked away and tossed the rest of it."
...(S)upporters say raw milk has a higher nutritional content and is more ethical. "I don't think it's any riskier than eating raw oysters or anything like that," says McGeehan...(who) is quite sick himself...(A) recent stomach bug has been making the rounds for weeks. "I highly doubt raw milk had anything to do with it, in my case..."
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed a similar bill last year...(H)e signed this...bill because it has precautions in place to better protect people's health...Cadle declined an interview request from WSAZ.
What's the point of a higher nutritional content if it has so much other stuff that makes you sick?
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WV Lawmakers celebrate legalizing raw milk by drinking raw milk -- and getting sick (Original Post)
rocktivity
Mar 2016
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scscholar
(2,902 posts)1. I'm so glad farmers in the Seattle area have been arrested...
for this crime. They're endangering the public.
WhiteTara
(29,732 posts)2. I grew up drinking raw milk and like it
It has no preservatives so you have to use only fresh milk.
ladjf
(17,320 posts)4. Tastes very good but oh so dangerous. nt
rocktivity
(44,585 posts)6. DING DING DING! WhiteTara, you're our grand prize winner!
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They probably got sick precisely because the milk WASN'T fresh. But that's is all the MORE reason why it shouldn't be on a mass consumer level.
rocktivity
ladjf
(17,320 posts)3. Darwin award candidates? nt
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)5. I have a friend who loves raw milk.
It grosses me out.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)7. I don't eat raw oysters, either. nt
HuckleB
(35,773 posts)8. ROFLMAO!!!
trotsky
(49,533 posts)9. How appropriate.
I'm not really concerned about the tiny bit of nutritional content lost due to pasteurization. I simply don't want nasty microorganisms infecting me or my family. That is NOT worth the risk.
I love milk. Thank you cows. I only buy milk from pasture-raised cows, too. SOOOOO much better.