Raw Milk
Channel: C0nc0rdance
Date: 2010-10-28

Raw milk is a risk not worth taking.  The benefits just don't outweigh the costs.  If it had some measurable health benefit that we couldn't obtain some other way, that would change my perspective.  As it stands though, the only benefit is flavor and the liberty to do it.  The cost is the risk of disease or death.  I can't find a way to make those two balance out.

Followup video on Liberty and Social Good:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QuduG4CCyc

Some resources:
"Got Milk?  Make sure it's pasteurized"
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1370/is_5_38/ai_n6198587/

FDA Warning of outbreak in in March of this year:
http://www.newsinferno.com/food-poisoning/fda-warns-of-raw-milk-food-poisoning-outbreaks/

US News and World Report article:
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/articles/2009/03/20/raw-milk-is-gaining-fans-but-the-science-says-its-dangerous.html