Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Food Safety vs Dietary Choice: The Raw Milk Argument

Rick Howlett — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 11:30:00 +0000

The debate over unpasteurized, or raw milk has been heating up in recent months. Those who drink it tout its nutritional benefits, but government health officials warn that consuming raw milk is not worth the risk of contracting a dangerous food-borne illness.

One day a week, in a church parking lot in Lexington, dairy farmer Gary Oaks hands out glass bottles of raw milk from of the bed of his pickup. It’s milk that goes directly from the cow to the bottle and then is quickly refrigerated.

Study Finds Surface Miners Are at Risk of Black Lung Disease, Too

Erica Peterson — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:42:46 +0000

A new study shows that black lung disease isn’t limited to coal miners who work underground.

Studies for coal workers’ pneumoconiosis—or black lung disease—haven’t been done on surface miners in a decade, and the miners were commonly thought to be less at risk for the disease than underground workers. Surface mines are open to the air, after all, and underground coal mines have frequent dust issues caused by mining in constricted spaces without much ventilation.