Re: Milk consumption is a risk factor for prostate cancer in Western countries: evidence from cohort studies.

It is not that clear cut.  This may be fine for someone who is healthy to begin with, but in a person who is immune suppressed the risk is much greater.  Basically this is like saying why bother wiping off the pesticide residue off of vegetables since the benefits of the vegetables can outweigh the risks of the residue.

I am healthy and I'm just speaking for myself.  And I always wash my veges thoroughly.  In the case of veges it's different because the use of pesticides is rampant and maybe a guaranteed thing.  So it boils down to the probability, which in the case of eggs having salmonella is very low.

We all have to take risks.  It's a part of life.  If we are always going to be afraid to take risks then what kind of life would that be?  For example, if I go to the Whole Foods store to buy ACV and stuff, there is always the risk of getting into a car accident, and if it happens, the seriousness/injury is even far greater than if I were to get salmonella.  But nevertheless, I go to Whole Foods despite the risk because the probability is very small (as long as I'm a good driver) and the benefit that I get from ACV far outweighs the little risk involved in going to the store to buy it.

I guess we're not really disagreeing.  We just have different risk aversion profiles.