• AndJusticeForAll [none/use name]
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    3 months ago

    Consuming raw milk when you're buying it from a small/peasant farmer that doesn't do much to their cows is one thing.

    Pasteurization was invented in the 1860s and they felt like they needed it then.

    Edit: Wikipedia says 1886 is when it was first suggested to pasteurize milk. So close enough.

    • dannoffs [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      The 1870s-1900s was probably the least safe time in the US to consume anything.