> From: Jodine Chase <[log in to unmask]>
>
> 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

Just further to this, the best CDC statement on environmental contact and
HIV is this one:

http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/transmission.htm

<snip>

>
> HIV in the Environment
>
> Scientists and medical authorities agree that HIV does not survive well in the
> environment, making the possibility of environmental transmission remote. HIV
> is found in varying concentrations or amounts in blood, semen, vaginal fluid,
> breast milk, saliva, and tears. (See page 3, Saliva, Tears, and Sweat.) To
> obtain data on the survival of HIV, laboratory studies have required the use
> of artificially high concentrations of laboratory-grown virus. Although these
> unnatural concentrations of HIV can be kept alive for days or even weeks under
> precisely controlled and limited laboratory conditions, CDC studies have shown
> that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of
> infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. Since the HIV
> concentrations used in laboratory studies are much higher than those actually
> found in blood or other specimens, drying of HIV-infected human blood or other
> body fluids reduces the theoretical risk of environmental transmission to that
> which has been observed--essentially zero. Incorrect interpretation of
> conclusions drawn from laboratory studies have unnecessarily alarmed some
> people.
>
> Results from laboratory studies should not be used to assess specific personal
> risk of infection because (1) the amount of virus studied is not found in
> human specimens or elsewhere in nature, and (2) no one has been identified as
> infected with HIV due to contact with an environmental surface. Additionally,
> HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host (unlike many bacteria or
> fungi, which may do so under suitable conditions), except under laboratory
> conditions, therefore, it does not spread or maintain infectiousness outside
> its host.

Pamela, I would encourage you to download the report as it is very well
written. Also, our web site outlines how the Breastfeeding Action Committee
of Edmonton was able to convince the City of Edmonton to change its pool
policies. If you would like more info, please do get in touch with me or
Barb directly.

-- Jodine Chase

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