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Connecticut citizens' right to purchase
raw milk threatened
The
right of the people of Connecticut to purchase
raw milk was last seriously threatened in
1994 when the state Environmental Committee
held public hearings on the certification
of raw milk, before voting almost unanimously
to continue licensing new farms and allowing
raw milk to be sold. I testified at those
hearings. My testimony responds to objections
to raw milk raised by the state health department,
and documents the benefits of raw milk. To
quote from that testimony:
"The
state epidemiologist writes that 'It has yet
to be demonstrated that raw milk has any beneficial
health effects…' He cites articles attached
to his letter. In one article, 'Unpasteurized
Milk, The Hazards of a Health Fetish' (Journal
of the American Medical Association, Oct.
19, 1984), the authors make a series of misstatements
about the research of Francis Pottenger before
concluding that raw milk has no health benefits.
I detail this in the paper I've given the
members of the Committee.
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