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The Sunday Read: ‘Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk’

The Sunday Read: ‘Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk’

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Thousands of years ago, after domesticating cows and other
ruminants, humans did something remarkable: They began to consume
the milk from these animals.

But living closely with animals and drinking their milk also
presents risks, chief among them the increased likelihood that
infections will jump from animals to people. Some of humanity’s
nastiest scourges, including smallpox and measles, probably
originated in domesticated animals. In the 19th century, health
authorities began pushing for milk to be treated by heating it;
this simple practice of pasteurizing milk would come to be
considered one of the great public-health triumphs of the modern
era.

Today, however, a small but growing number of Americans prefer to
drink their milk raw. And Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President
Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Health and Human
Services, now stands at the vanguard of this movement.

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