I recall reading a few years ago that the other issue of theft is  
people who steal formula to cut it with drugs which, I guess have a  
similar consistency. I don't know how much theft is accounted for by  
drug dealers and how much by people who can't otherwise afford it for  
their babies.

Naomi


> As always, Marsha Walker has provided useful and detailed  
> information on how the costs of this product are increased and  
> increased - including theft!  We must also remember that "marketing"  
> inclues the "free" gifts of large quantities of these products.   
> Free to some, but they and/or other buyers pay for it exponentially  
> in the longer term.  All of which adds to the price, which leads to  
> thefts, which add to the price... and so it goes up and up.
>
> I've just gone "no mail" because of the volume of emails I am  
> currently dealing with.  I can be contacted off list.
>
> Virginia
>
Dr Virginia Thorley, OAM, PhD, IBCLC, FILCA
Brisbane, Queensland
(where is is raining again - ugh!!!)
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Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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