• PETA slammed for advertisements linking autism and dairy consumption
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[QUOTE][IMG]http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2014/06/02/1226939/637133-dda3e8de-e9dd-11e3-a4d2-9efb85c9fed0.jpg[/IMG] [b]THE animal rights organisation PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has been slammed by scientists and on social media for a new campaign which links autism to the consumption of dairy products.[/b]The advertisements have also been criticised for making autism, as one Twitter user described, “look like it’s the most awful thing ever”. Florey Institute researcher Dr Emma Burrows told a science website that “The balance of evidence suggests that this link does not deserve any media attention”. “This is just adding to the multitude of conflicting and bewildering recommendations that parents of children with autism have to sift through.” On its website, PETA states that “more research is needed” — but has still created a billboard and online advertisements to “alert the public”. “The reason why dairy foods may worsen or even cause autism is being debated. Some suspect that casein harms the brain, while others suggest that the gastrointestinal problems so often caused by dairy products cause distress and thus worsen behaviour in autistic children,” PETA states on its website. The organisation quotes two studies appearing to show a link between dairy consumption and behaviour in autistic children — but the studies have been criticised for their extremely small sample sizes (20 in one case, 36 in the other). The ads were widely condemned on Twitter: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tXznVIX.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] [URL]http://www.news.com.au/world/peta-slammed-for-advertisements-linking-autism-and-dairy-consumption/story-fndir2ev-1226939633888[/URL]
fuck peta, they're retarded.
The only thing dairy products like milk are going to do to you is give you a fat ass if you don't work out a lot.
I thought it's been agreed on that PETA in it's entirety shouldn't exist.
Well I can see how milk could cause children with autism to get gas and the shits since lactose tolerance is not something that humans naturally have (but rather have built up over generations to include large groups of people). However that is hardly any sort of excuse to try and blame milk for autism, let alone to stop drinking it.
"add PETA to the list of idiot fearmongerers" but they've always been on that list.
We don't need more people fear-mongering with autism. The vaccine bullshit got bad enough.
you have to be fucking joking, autism and dairy are nowhere near CLOSE to being related to each other, in fact it's something much different that's assuming to be causing autism -- which is still a long shot.
Is this a new advertisement? I honestly swear I've seen it a few years ago.
[QUOTE=confinedUser;44973800]fuck peta, their retarded.[/QUOTE] *they're
Peta are nothing short of really shit terrorists.
Milk must be a vaccination for weak bones.
[QUOTE=confinedUser;44973800]fuck peta, their retarded.[/QUOTE] What about their retarded
[QUOTE=orcywoo6;44973997]Peta are nothing short of really shit terrorists.[/QUOTE] They're social terrorists.
This really isn't much different from the current 'GMO foods will deform your child!!' stuff going around.
Why can't PETA go on a hunger strike and just drop dead? Or, I dunno, eat rocks and choke on them?... I can't think of something mudane thats more of a waste of oxygen than them.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44973814]The only thing dairy products like milk are going to do to you is give you a fat ass if you don't work out a lot.[/QUOTE] Dairy products give me gas and diarrhea. Being lactose intolerant sucks :(
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;44974043]They're social terrorists.[/QUOTE] No they are like Green Peace. Some of their leaders need to be put in prison for animal cruelty charges, destruction of life-saving knowledge, and being responsible for this Anti-GMO campaign bullshit which is fucking responsible for thousands of deaths. I'd be thrilled to see the leaders of PETA and Green Peace be trialed for crimes against humanity.
Fuck off please. Actually, no just fuck off period.
[QUOTE]The advertisements have also been criticised for making autism, as one Twitter user described, “look like it’s the most awful thing ever”.[/QUOTE] I get that there are worse things, and that every autistic child is a unique snowflake and a blessing, but it's still a major disorder and it'd still suck to have autism
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;44974063]Dairy products give me gas and diarrhea. Being lactose intolerant sucks.[/QUOTE] My nephew has the same issue, and we have tried some alternatives, but nothing really worked for him. So we are usually stuck with shit like almond milk.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;44974076]My nephew has the same issue, and we have tried some alternatives, but nothing really worked for him. So we are usually stuck with shit like almond milk.[/QUOTE] Alternatives to [I]milk [/I]milk suck.
I can't tell if peta are comedians or just actually totally mentally insane
[QUOTE=J!NX;44974101]I can't tell if peta are comedians or just actually totally mentally insane[/QUOTE] The second one imo.
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Now watch people in 20 years have shit bones because of PETA. You know, just like Jenny and her bullshit anti-vax campaign.
[QUOTE=Solo Wing;44974182]Now watch people in 20 years have shit bones because of PETA. You know, just like Jenny and her bullshit anti-vax campaign.[/QUOTE] Milk and dairy products aren't exactly healthy for you, but they certainly don't cause autism. 70% of the world's population is intolerant ...
[QUOTE=Cakebatyr;44974084]Alternatives to [I]milk [/I]milk suck.[/QUOTE] Well, gotta admit I thought the same, but after tasting almond milk...I can no longer hold that. It's REALLY tasty, although I don't know it would mix with other things such as a banana shake or in recipes.
[QUOTE=Shreddinger;44974249]Milk and dairy products aren't exactly healthy for you, but they certainly don't cause autism. 70% of the world's population is intolerant ...[/QUOTE] Most of the worlds population that is tolerant is European or of European descent. That's partially why it is mostly seen in western culture
Fuck PETA, fuck Ingrid Newkirk or whatever that cunts name is and fuck anyone stupid enough to fall for this shit. I have a cousin who is autistic (low functioning when he was young, he can now speak though not in full sentences) and this kind of shit pisses me off to no end.
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