Article: Got milk? Is the latest food craze--drinking raw milk--just crazy?(HEALTH)

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A Young man sidles up to a drop point in New York City. Reaching into his pocket, he pulls out a few bills and exchanges them for a brown paper bag. Then, looking both ways, he turns and hurries away.

What is the young man buying? Drugs? Stolen electronics? No. Raw milk--milk that has not been pasteurized.

The sale of raw milk is illegal in New York City. However, some residents defy the law to buy the stuff. They swear by its taste and nutritional value. Across the country, other people are taking the same risk to get raw milk. Are they risking their health as well?

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