PETA’s anti-milk campaign comes to Atlanta
May 19th, 2009 by Cliff Bostock in Restaurants
I passed this billboard at the corner of Juniper Street and North Avenue yesterday. It promotes PETA’s claim that milk consumption causes autism:
Atlanta — In light of two scientific studies that link milk consumption to autism in children, PETA will display a new billboard that parodies a ubiquitous milk ad. The ad shows a bowl of milk and cereal next to the tagline “Got Autism? Studies have shown a link between cow’s milk and autism. Find out more at GoVeg.com.”
The bad news is that data from a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show that metropolitan Atlanta’s rate of 7.6 cases of autism per 1,000 children is one of the highest among the 14 areas studied. The good news is that a study conducted in Norway found a major reduction in autistic behavior in children who were put on a diet free of casein–a component of cow’s milk. Another study conducted by researchers at the University of Rome found a “marked improvement” in the behavior of autistic children who were taken off dairy products. Both studies present compelling evidence that should give parents pause the next time they’re inclined to say to their kids, “Drink your milk.”
Actually, this campaign by PETA, while new to Atlanta, has been around a while. The claim is controversial, to say the least.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:32 am
check this out http://www.petakillsanimals.com/
Peta kills 95% of the animals in there care. I love 100% of the animals in my care but I eat meat so I guess I’m a evil bastard.
May 20th, 2009 at 8:05 am
PETA is crazy. A fine excuse to go to McDonalds to buy some chicken mcnuggets to use as projectiles. No, wait, i’d rather eat them than throw them. I think I’d have to go with chitlins for something worthy of being thrown at PETA (comes from an animal, and not worth eating). I have nothing against vegetarians but everything against sanctimonious, self-righteous cranks.
By the way, VICE magazine did a very interesting blog entry on PETA being weird. It concerns one of their members making her will into a publicity stunt, and man, is it weird.
http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2009/03/new-york—eat.html
By the way, I want the song at the end played at my funeral.
May 20th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
I have heard of this before from parents of autistic children and it was my understanding that they were wary of the hormones, antibiotics, etc. found in commercial cow’s milk. Regardless of whether PETA is crazy or not, the causes of autism remain mysterious and you get parents looking at microwaves, mercury in fish, genetically modified vegetables, etc. wondering if there are possible links there. The suspicion that the link is in our synthetic food supply is a very strong one and I personally don’t see anything outrageous about that.