Do public health interventions work? - BBC Health News 13th November 2007

Whether it is the pasteurisation of milk or a ban on smoking in public places, public health interventions have always been a contentious issue. It seems strange now, but back in the 1930s the issue of milk pasteurisation was controversial. There were about 2,000 deaths a year from bovine TB, mainly due to people drinking raw milk.

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