It was realizing the amount of pus cells allowed in milk (concentrated in cheese) that was the foundation of my vegan tipping point. Once again, Robert Cohen has written about this issue in current context. Here's his latest post, with a link to the full post here. Vegetarians who consume dairy products may ignore the animal cruelty and environmental issues, but the health issue herein is somewhat inarguable. You WILL be consuming cow pus cells if you drink milk or eat cheese. That's a fact. Thank you, Robert.
"Milk in 2009 Contained Less Pus Than 2008 Milk
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has recently released the dairy industry's latest national pus figures. This has got to be great news for those milk drinkers who recoil at the mention of pus in milk.
In 2008, the average liter of milk sold in America contained 247 million pus cells.
In 2009, the average liter of milk sold in America contained only 227 million pus cells.
Rejoice!
Since there are 33.8 ounces of milk in one liter, the average ounce contains just 7,307,692 pus cells. That translates into 87,692,397 pus cells in an average 12-ounce glass of milk. Yummm.
Ten pounds of milk are required to produce one pound of hard cheese. Twelve pounds of milk are required to manufacture one pound of ice cream. Pus can be rather tasty when either sugar or various bacterial cultures are added to fermenting milk. As for the number of pus cells in cheese or ice cream treats, you do the math. I've got to go take a vomit break....
Milk clearly has become less disgusting. Please wake me when the pus cell count gets to zero.
Question for milk drinkers: If you were told that your next glass of ice cold pure white milk contains 88 disgusting pus cells, would you go ahead and drink it anyway? The truth is that the actual amount of pus in that glass is one-million times greater! Bon appetit!"
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