After reading about the ill effects of Pasteurized Milk by
sgforums TS, I searched the web and found this:
Got Milk? Make Sure It's
Pasteurized
By Linda Bren
Pasteurization, since its adoption in the early 1900s, has been
credited with dramatically reducing illness and death caused by
contaminated milk. But today, some people are passing up
pasteurized milk for what they claim is tastier and healthier "raw
milk."
Public health officials couldn't disagree more.
Drinking raw (untreated) milk or eating raw milk products is "like
playing Russian roulette with your health," says John Sheehan,
director of the Food and Drug Administration's Division of Dairy
and Egg Safety. "We see a number of cases of foodborne illness
every year related to the consumption of raw milk."
More than 300 people in the United States got sick from drinking
raw milk or eating cheese made from raw milk in 2001, and nearly
200 became ill from these products in 2002, according to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Raw milk may harbor a host of disease-causing organisms
(pathogens), such as the bacteria campylobacter, escherichia,
listeria, salmonella, yersinia, and brucella. Common symptoms of
foodborne illness from many of these types of bacteria include
diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, headache, vomiting, and
exhaustion.
Most healthy people recover from foodborne illness within a short
period of time, but others may have symptoms that are chronic,
severe, or life-threatening.