"But there is very little evidence that poor blacks or Hispanics are 
genetically predisposed to the vast majority of the afflictions from 
which they disproportionately suffer. What I find compelling is that there are so many factors in these poorer 
neighborhoods that seizing on one - dairy - seems to me to be an 
unlikely conclusion. Moreover, much of the population that is affected 
by many of the health problems - including asthma - are way past school 
age and no longer having the 50% "solid" dairy. And, these afflictions 
are by no means limited to blacks - but include every ethnic group that 
live in these deplorable inner-city conditions.

Knowing my own case as I do, I was amazed when I was recently tested for 
allergies to find what I was allergic to - dust mites being among the 
most reactive on the tests. I choose to conclude, based on my own 
experience and the readings I have done, that the mass of unclean 
conditions are the primary cause of the illnesses in those areas.
For curiousity - what happened when the other three black children 
stopped eating dairy?
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  The author has chosen his words very carefully. He(assuming it's a he) said there is very LITTLE evidence that asthma among these chikdren is caused by dairy. He didn't say there is NO evidence. He didn't say the dairy wasn't causing it. He just stated in between the lines that it isn't obvious enough for them to point it out, and it won't be anything obvious BECAUSE they won't point it out. I wonder how much the American Dairy Association payed him to word it that way. And just because it isn't SOLID dairy doesn't change the fact that they are still consuming dairy just the same.
  If you choose to conclude that it's just the dust you've been reacting to then that's your perogative, but it doesn't mean it isn't dairy causing the children to be sick. For that matter, if you really don't think it's
   dairy making you sick then maybe you no longer need this talk list, especially if you are disputing the health affects of it so much when so many of us here do suffer from it. It's a bit of an oximoron.
  WHy don't you find out what happened to the other three children who stopped eating dairy if it means so much to you to find out?
  Sue
  
 

		
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