Just Say ‘No’ to Drugs—Don’t Drink Milk
Every year, hundreds of discarded cows bound for slaughterhouses from dairy farms are caught under the influence of drugs—illegal levels of antibiotics, that is.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that those antibiotics are making their way into the cows’ milk. The agency had planned to start expanding its testing of milk for unsafe levels of antibiotics and other drugs this month, but—wait for it—the dairy industry threw a fit. Shocker.
Throwing out every cockamamie reason that it could think of, the industry managed to stall the FDA—but hopefully not for long. “The agency remains committed to gathering the information necessary to address … this important potential public health issue,” the FDA said in a statement. “F.D.A. is concerned that the same poor management practices which led to the meat residues may also result in drug residues in milk.”
Of course, the best way to avoid drinking a drugshake is to avoid cow’s milk altogether.
Written by Michelle Sherrow
