Raw Milk Sickens Five Children

Raw milk products from Organic Pastures in Fresno were recalled by state officials after five children were made ill by what is believed to have been E. coli bacteria. Three of the children had to be hospitalized due to their kidneys beginning to fail. Organic Pastures milk had been recalled once before in 2006.

Before pasteurization of dairy milk it can contain E. coli, salmonella, tuberculosis and diptheria. In 1913 it was reported that a small outbreak of diptheria was traced to a dairy, “The following table, No. I, shows the number of cases of diphtheria reported in days on the milk route of the dairy which was the cause of the outbreak.” Report of a Milk-Borne Epidemic of Diptheria, DR. Herbert H. Waite, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

In 2005 35 people in New York got tuberculosis from eating raw milk products. Tuberculosis is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world.

Raw milk enthusiasts claim it is healthier due to it containing more enzymes and nutrients. Others say they are skeptical of such claims, but insist it tastes better than the pasteurized form.

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Vicki B.

4:56PM PST on Feb 23, 2012

Maybe the cows ate something bad that made the children sick.

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Sarah M.

9:52PM PST on Dec 7, 2011

raw milk is way healthier! i don't really buy into this story...proof please...it's telling that the article is so short.

Erika M.

7:27PM PST on Nov 29, 2011

noted, though I don't buy into it.

Duane B.

2:41PM PST on Nov 25, 2011

Thank you for the information.

Ryder W.

12:58PM PST on Nov 25, 2011

milk makes people ill all the time. dairy causes growths like cancer, tumors, cysts, and ulcers on internal organs. it also depletes calcium from bones. E. coli and tuberculosis should be the least of a milk drinker's worries.

Mrs S.

5:46AM PST on Nov 25, 2011

Dear Anne:
I'm not defending Jake; I dont even know the guy to know whether or not he is "a Cyberbully, rude, defensive and combative". However, I dont like the fact that you "have contacted Care2 regarding [his] conduct here." I keep meeting obnoxious people on this site, some are obnoxious because they chose to be that way and some because they accept to get brainwashed by the media or whatever, but I never contacted the site to get them kicked out or whatever because I feel thats soooo not...care2, you know? :/
If he is ignorant,teach him. If he being a dick then debate him and make him feel like the fool that he is, but please allow everyone to have an opinion.

Gary C.

8:19PM PST on Nov 24, 2011

Noted thankyou....

Joe S.

3:03PM PST on Nov 24, 2011

Thanks for the information.

Carole R.

1:11PM PST on Nov 24, 2011

Thank you for this information.

Monika K.

12:11PM PST on Nov 24, 2011

Controversy.