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by ImJamal 238 days ago
> There are very few things with serious health impacts that are completely unregulated. The closest we get is probably guns.

Guns are more regulated than most everything else? Background checks, age verification, licensed dealers, rules on transporting and storing guns, etc.

> It wasn't niche when we regulated it. It's niche now because we did.

Just not true. It is niche in places where it is not regulated as well and some portion of those who buy raw milk pasteurize it themselves so we don't even know how many people drink raw milk.

> We take plenty of regulatory steps to reduce heart disease. McDonalds is required, for example, to provide nutrition facts.

Almost nobody reads that at a McDonalds...

> The burger meat gets USDA inspected. The restaurants get health inspections. (And we do try to do more.

And yet you can go to a McDonalds and die from a heart attack. Many places do not let you take that risk with raw milk.

Despite all these regulations you mentioned, McDonalds has more stores than ever before. With your reasoning that should be turning McDonalds into a niche place.