Updated: October 2025
Let me be absolutely clear, folks: You either pay the price now, or you pay the price later. There is no third option.
I know, I know. Organic milk, butter, and cheese are expensive. Sometimes you have to go out of your way and spend hard-earned money to find them. But you need to shake off the lie that cheap food is worth the risk. It is worth every single dime and every extra mile to know your farmer and pay the price for their clean goods.
Support the Good Guys
Believe me, the real, honest organic farmers are not rich in profits. They are fighting the good fight, barely making ends meet, and many have already been forced to sell out and leave the industry. When you choose their product, you are not just buying milk; you are funding a mission to keep pure, unadulterated food on this planet. Stop handing your money over to the corporations that are poisoning us!
The Dioxin Deception: A Cancer Risk
You need to know the dangerous truth about what is hiding in commercial dairy. One of the most terrifying toxins found in large quantities is DIOXIN. This is not some harmless additive—it is a chemical poison that loves to concentrate in fat cells.
And where is this poison most concentrated? You guessed it: Cheese and high-fat dairy products.
Dioxin is one of the nastiest compounds in the environment, and it’s getting into the cow via cheap, contaminated feed. Once it’s in the cow, it’s in the milk, and then it’s in you.
And here is the horror: This toxin directly affects a woman’s cancer-protective DNA. Did you know that certain forms of dioxins have the ability to mutate your BRCA genes? That’s right—the very genes associated with increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Why would any woman risk this for a cheap, factory-farmed product?
More Than Just Dioxin: The Toxic Cocktail
It doesn’t stop with dioxin. When you buy conventional dairy, you are consuming a toxic cocktail.
- Pesticide Residue: Those factory cows are fed cheap grain that is saturated with herbicides like Glyphosate (Roundup). That poison gets into the animal, and it is passed right along to you, especially in the fat.
- Hormones and Antibiotics: You are also likely getting an unhealthy dose of artificial growth hormones (rBST) and the residue of the antibiotics that factory farms pump into their animals just to keep them from getting sick in those unnatural, filthy conditions.
This is why I scream it until I’m blue in the face: KNOW YOUR FARMER!
Stop trusting the labels and start trusting the source. Look the farmer in the eye. Ask what their cows eat. Demand to know the truth about what you are feeding your family.
We can’t afford to be lazy anymore. Protect your health and the health of those you love. Get educated, get angry, and get CLEAN FOOD!
Want to learn more? Check out these references:
- Dioxins Accumulate in Animal Fat (Dairy Products)
- More than 90% of typical human exposure to dioxins is through food, mainly meat and dairy products, fish, and shellfish.
- Dioxins are highly lipophilic (fat-loving), which is why they accumulate and are stored in the fatty tissue of animals. This concentration effect is what makes dairy fat (like in cheese and butter) a major route of human exposure.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Dioxins and Cancer/Reproductive Health Risks
- Dioxins are classified as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and are known to be highly toxic. Long-term exposure is linked to damage to the immune system, the endocrine system, and reproductive functions.
- The most toxic form, TCDD, is classified as a known human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
- Exposure to dioxins is being studied for its connection to breast cancer risk, particularly its ability to affect mammary gland tissue development and impair the immune system via the AhR receptor.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
- Dioxin Sources in the Food Chain
- Contamination is primarily introduced via contaminated animal feed. Dioxins get into the food supply when air emissions (from waste incineration and industrial processes) settle on farm fields where feed crops are grown or livestock graze.
- Source: World Health Organization (WHO), MDPI Journal of Environmental Science and Public Health.
- Pesticides, Antibiotics, and Lipophilicity
- Pesticide residues are a regular contamination source in milk and dairy products.
- Many highly persistent (and toxic) environmental contaminants, including some dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and certain lipophilic pesticides, partition at high concentrations (up to >80%) into the milk fat fraction.
- Residues of antibiotics and chemical pesticides can also contaminate milk and meat products, posing a public health risk.
- Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) / PubMed Central, ResearchGate.
With love and truth,
—Donna 💚
