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Should I drink raw milk?
Should I drink raw milk?
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Something crazy about California is that
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you can just walk into a grocery store
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and buy raw, unpasteurized milk. Now, in
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most other states, it's not so easy.
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Some will only let raw milk be sold if
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it's labeled as pet food. In others, you
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have to buy it from a farm. But right
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now, there's a big push for raw milk
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with over 40 bills in 18 different
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states that would make it easier to buy
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and sell it. A House bill would allow
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the interstate sale of raw milk, which
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the FDA banned almost 40 years ago. Raw
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milk advocates had hoped that our health
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and human services secretary, Robert F.
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Kennedy Jr., would do more to promote
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raw milk, but so far he hasn't.
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>> It's regulated.
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>> It can't be circulated across
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>> some states allow it, some states do
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not. It's up to the state. It's not up
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to us.
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>> Well, you are the head of the health and
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human services.
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>> As you may know, raw milk has been
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linked to all sorts of harmful bacteria,
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viruses, and parasites. Those illnesses
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including liststeria, E.coli,
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Salmonella, tuberculosis, and bird flu
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have killed children, the elderly, and
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immunompromised people. But for as long
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as we've been promoting pasteurization,
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raw milk advocates have been fighting
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it. You may have seen wellness
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influencers on social media claim that
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raw milk is nature's superfood and that
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it can treat everything from asthma to
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allergies to eczema to ADHD. Public
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health organizations, including the FDA
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and the CDC, say those claims don't have
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strong scientific support. And besides
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the health claims, activists make the
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libertarian argument that they should
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have the freedom to make personal health
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decisions. There's also a business
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argument that raw milk can help keep
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small dairy farms from closing. So, even
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though I can buy raw milk at the store,
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should I? Let us know what you think in
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the comments and listen to our episode
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of Today Explained wherever you get your
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podcasts.
