> From: Pamela Pilch <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Lactation Information and Discussion
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 10:02:43 EDT
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Breast Milk as Biohazard
> 
> I am trying to find a document from the Centers for Disease Control (or
> another authoritative document) that clarifies that breast milk is not a
> biohazard to patrons at a public swimming pool.  A public pool in my county
> does not permit breastfeeding at the pool side (even with a fully clothed
> mother) because the management considers breast milk a biohazard.  The
> manager told a mother who was asked to stop breastfeeding that if any breast
> milk somehow got into the pool, they would have to evacuate.
> 
> Can anyone help with this?  I am assisting the mother in putting together
> information for a letter to the manager.
> 
> Please reply privately to [log in to unmask]

Pamela, go to our website, http://www.edmontonbreastfeeds.org and look at
our report on Breastfeeding and Public Pools. The report is up on the site,
and there is a PDF that youcan download and print.

> Breastfeeding at Municipal Pools in Canada
> A Report from the Breastfeeding Action Committee of Edmonton
> August 16, 2002
>  
> Prepared on behalf of the Breastfeeding Action Committee of Edmonton
> By Barb Strange, BSc, RN, BN, LLB, IBCLC (International Board Certified
> Lactation Consultant)

"Part 2, Breastfeeding in Pools, Is it Safe" addresses the issue.

There is no CDC statement specifically on breastmilk in pools that we could
find (and I think Barb contacted them to see if there was one) but there is
lots of general info that can be extrapolated.

-- Jodine Chase

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