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EPISODE · Apr 24, 2026 · 7 MIN

Before news “crusade,” milk was killing babies

from Offbeat Oregon History podcast · host Finn J.D. John

State regulators didn't care, so neither did some dairy farmers, who left dead cows to rot among their dairy herds and brought milk to market in the same cans they used to slop the hogs; Portland led the nation in baby deaths as a result. (Portland, Multnomah and Columbia county; 1900s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1208b-bad-milk-was-killing-babies-in-portland.html)

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