Wonderful letter responding to Washington Post Milk Wars article

[Guest guest]

The Washington Post

April 19, 2002, Friday, Final Edition

EDITORIAL; Pg. A24

Milk Wars

 

As a taxpayer and mother of young children who have never consumed dairy

products, I do not want to help promote a product that was not designed for

human consumption. Cow's milk has the required nutrition for a calf to grow into

a hefty cow. When humans drink cows' milk, the body has to work at trying to

digest all of the unnecessary calories. Despite rising consumer concerns, most

milk still comes from dairies, where cows are injected with Monsanto's

controversial Bovine Growth hormone (rBGH), a hormone often associated with

higher risks for cancer. Even a famous pediatrician, Dr. Benjamin Spock, revised

his last edition on child care to say that cows' milk is not intended for human

consumption by children.

 

Why should my children have to feel as if they are not normal because soy milk

is not provided in school? My children love vanilla soy milk, and Regis Philbin

drinks a glass of chocolate soy milk on his daily talk show. We should continue

to subsidize cows' milk only if we are going to allow calves in the classroom.

 

MARY PALISI-SCHUELKE

Florence, Massachusetts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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