Raw Milk's Appeal Grows Despite Health Risks

The long-running dispute over whether milk, both from cows and goats, should be consumed in raw or pasteurized form—an argument more than a century old—has heated up in the last five years, according to a Washington State lawyer who takes raw milk and other food poisoning cases. Bacterial outbreaks are traced back to nonpasteurized milk, yet proponents claim it is healthier and tastes better Last month, at least 30 people, including two children, tested positive for strains of and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria traced to raw (nonpasteurized) goat milk. In June five people in Minnesota were diagnosed with E. coli traced to raw cow's milk from a local dairy. One, a toddler, was hospitalized after he developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure that is a potentially deadly E. coli complication.
This topic is related to Biology because it discusses bacteria that is found in the lactiation of goats and cows. Humans are drinking it and contracting diseases from this bacteria.
This article is important because it informs people about the dangers of a drink that most people like, milk. If untreated it could cause serious complications despite that it 'tastes better.'