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TIL about "Swill milk" where cows were fed distillery waste causing cow teeth rot and disease. It was also adulterated with raw eggs, burn sugar, etc. Swill milk lead to over 8,000 infant's deaths (en.wikipedia.org)
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[–] usernamesAreTricky@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 months ago

I mean it still should still be horrfying, just that it should something to be worried about globally rather than just locally