Six workers have died from suspected toxic gas exposure while working in a big dairy plant producing milk for pasteurization.
Factory farm problems
From AP: 6 people are found dead at a Colorado dairy. Authorities suspect an accident involving gas exposure
The farm in Colorado is associated with Dairy Farmers of America, a big national dairy corporation. Legal status of these workers is presently unknown.
Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is a gas that can be produced during the decomposition of organic matter, such as dairy manure, especially when gypsum bedding is used.
Hazmat awareness
Imagine you’re walking the massive dairy plant, you see a coworker laying down in a trench. “What’s wrong, are you alright?” No response. You climb down to help, you lose your breath, your vision fades to black, and you collapse. Four more employees see the two of you down there. They hop right in, intending to help pull you out… just to meet the same fate.
Be careful out there. Try not to be the first, middle, or the last in such a scenario.
Which milk kills more people?
Raw milk produced for human consumption kills one person every 2-3 years. Let’s assume, with the current rise of raw milk consumption and production, that this number increases to once per year. That means raw milk producers will take six years to catch up to this one pasteurized milk farm.
The discussion of raw vs pasteurized is not limited to the microbiology of fluid milk, it is includes the production of milk in totality. Read why people choose raw milk
