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We have advocates for this stupidity in Wisconsin, also.
Lawmakers celebrate raw milk law, deny being sickened by it
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) Some West Virginia lawmakers and Capitol staffers had a very bad weekend after celebrating the passage of a raw milk bill by drinking some. Now state health officials are investigating whether the milk was to blame for their fever, vomiting and diarrhea, and weighing allegations the raw-milk party broke the law.
So far, state and county health officials say they havent received medical reports of illnesses related to the dangerous bacteria that can live in raw milk, which include Campylobacter, Listeria, Salmonella and E. Coli. The lawmaker involved, Del. Scott Cadle, who also stayed home sick on Monday, blames his and other illnesses on an unrelated stomach virus circulating the Capitol.
Everybody up there is getting it, said Cadle, a Mason County Republican. Its a stomach virus. It didnt have nothing to do with that milk.
Some of those who got sick, including House Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, did not drink the milk, House spokesman Jared Hunt noted.
http://wbay.com/ap/lawmakers-celebrate-raw-milk-law-deny-being-sickened-by-it/