# Should we not be drinking milk ? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 17, 2000, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-not-be-drinking-milk/8760 "2000-03-17T06:59:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-not-be-drinking-milk/8760/21 "2000-03-18T03:53:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by CurtC: > \*\* I checked at your web site - I expected things for people who are lactose intolerant. Instead I found a lot of scary claims about the BST and rGBH. > > And just who is it that claims it’s not safe? The notorious Sam Epstein, a name widely recognized in the food safety communtity for making unsubstantiated claims. > > The story behind BGH is similar. > > \*\* I checked over the posts looking for anything written by Epstein. I knew the name sounded familiar. He is used as one reference among many in an article about the relationship between IGF-1 and cancer growth. I’m not willing to throw out the whole article because they used him as one reference. But feel free to let me know if you have any other problems with anything on there. How about the story by ABC News? Do you have a problem with them as a source? ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2000, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-not-be-drinking-milk/8760/22 "2000-03-18T11:35:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Robbespiere: > **Funneefarmer! Come defend your cows!!** Didn’t you catch me doing that over in MPSIMS’s Milk sucks thread ? Where’s Imthecowgodmoo when you really need him ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-we-not-be-drinking-milk/8760.md?page=1)