PETA Campaign Linking Autism to Dairy Sparks Anger

Using data from two controversial and small scientific studies, PETA has run a billboard ad campaign linking dairy consumption to autism. When PETA first ran the ad a few years ago, an uproar caused the billboard company to take it down. But the ad is running again, and PETA has more information about alleged link on its website.

On its website, PETA states, “More research is needed, but scientific studies have shown that many autistic kids improve dramatically when put on a diet free of dairy foods.” True to form, PETA is being provocative to drive people to its website to learn more about all forms of animal cruelty. PETA’s controversial approach aside, every activist should be equipped with the reasons why dairy products are bad for our health, for the environment and, of course, for the “dairy” cows, who are nothing more than milk machines whose babies are stolen from them shortly after birth.