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Two years ago, PETA got a rise out of everyone from dairy farmers to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) with its tongue-in-cheek advisory to college kids that milk is so bad, nutritionally speaking, that even beer is better for you! MADD was mad, despite the fact that we made it clear that we only used beer for comparison purposes because no one thinks of beer as a health food; Now, a new Harvard review of all the scientific evidence has topped off the debate with damning words about dairy products and a raised-glass salute to beer. The debate has spilled over onto school campuses once again. Most felt that PETA was caving in to members of the older generation who doubted the students' ability to understand the message behind the tongue-in-cheek publicity stunt. Now, with even more scientific evidence in the news linking dairy products to everything from diabetes to cancer, including 18 osteoporosis, PETA has revived the campaign with an advertisement in campus papers, as well as with "Drink Responsibly, Don't Drink Milk" bottle openers and drink cozies, which we distribute through our College Action Campaign. PETA continues to educate and to suggest to underage college students that they choose rice or soy milks, juice, or water as the most healthful alternative to cow secretions. Dairy Consumption Also Hurts Animals More than one-tenth of the average herd of cows is dead before the age of 2 from illness or injury inflicted down on the factory farm, while more die in transport and the rest are ground into cheap meats. Dairy cows are artificially impregnated (not a comfortable experience) and have their calves torn from them within days of birth--causing acute distress to both mother and calf--so that the milk they need can be sold in the supermarket. The authors note that as few as two glasses of milk per day have been shown to double a man's risk of developing prostate cancer and that three-fourths of the world's population does just fine on a diet free of cow mammary secretions. The dairy industry spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to convince people to drink gallons of the white stuff, but PETA's sentiments are with responsible health officials who warn that dairy products have four major drawbacks.
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