Milk

[Raelynn]

I grew up on and around dairy farms in Wisconsin.  I saw no mistreatment of animals such as described in the article.  As far as I'm concerned, it's a bunch of alarmist crap and since I enjoy dairy products, I will continue to consume them and help support my good friends who are still dairy farmers on their small family farms.

Moderation is the key - not too much, not too little.  Consume too much or too little of most things, and there are bad consequences.  As to milk containing things that cause cancer, if you're worried about that, just stop breathing and drinking anything right now.  So many studies have claimed so many things cause cancer that if you're worried about it, you had best just shoot yourself now because just about everything nowadays seems to cause some kind of cancer.

To sum up, it's just alarmist tripe the way it is presented.  Some good points sprinkled here and there, but most of it is just trying to scare people.
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I'd have to agree. I didn't grow up on a farm, but I grew up knowing people on a farm. My family owns a house in upstate PA, and is good friends with farmers there and I've never seen or heard of any mistreatment.

As for the cancer thing, I'm reminded of a quote, though I don't know where it came from:
"Scientists have determined that laboratory research causes cancer in lab rats".