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“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered,” McAfee acknowledged before my visit. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer. And I’m going against the grain here. I’m climbing a mountain they say you can’t climb.”

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“We catch these things and divert the milk immediately,” McAfee said of the pathogens.

I assumed that after diverting batches, the farm discarded them.

Later that day, I learned otherwise.

“We have a red-flag system here, where if there’s anything that gets really out of whack, they can immediately tag the milk, and it doesn’t go to anything but cheese,” McAfee told me. “Because, you know, cheese is resistant to pathogens.”

Research has shown that raw cheese is not, in fact, resistant to pathogens; while aging can mitigate some risk, harmful bacteria can still survive the usual 60-day maturation process.

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[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Caveat Emptor, sure.

But so much of this is based on maliciously propagated misinformation. It's the same shit asbestos, lead paint, and cigarette companies were doing in bygone days. Going into national media, lying their asses off, and then kicking the blame down to their customers when they get caught.

[-] Krusty@quokk.au 6 points 1 day ago

What I love is all the shit that influencers peddle that will harm you and your offspring, permanently.

It's not bad enough you're vegan... But now iodized salt is apparently 'glass' (I guess because it contains trace amounts of silica aka sand.) yet you don't think sea salt is going to also contain some sand? Although some just think they don't need any salt at all. Which is even more profoundly idiotic.

So where the hell are you getting iodine? Not from eggs (the yolk) and not free sea food (excepting seaweed?) and who eats sea weed daily? And apparently some dairy industries are moving away from using iodine for milking(to sanitize the teets.) another great source of iodine teetering on the edge of the abyss.

Then you start putting this all together... And it sure makes a lot of sense why these people are mentally and physically ill.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

and who eats sea weed daily?

Honestly, it's one of my favorite snacks

[-] Krusty@quokk.au 3 points 1 day ago

You'll need much more than a snack worth....

Sea weed is a pretty common thing in asia and I know some of my kin would get some down in Baja back in the 70s.

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Seaweed is all over Japanese, Korean, Chinese and likely other nation's foods.

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