This is me, thinking out loud, so I apologise if this has already been addressed, I just couldn't find it... But... 
  
If people are ingesting toxins from the environment, and household cleaners, then aren't cows ingesting those same toxins?  Or even worse?  For instance, I don't as a rule, eat hay, oats and grass, but I have seen many a crop duster spray fields with chemicals. Even the safest of those chemicals is toxic to something, otherwise what is it's purpose. Many pastures are near gas stations where high levels of lead enter the soil. And for those milk cows that never leave the stalls, what about the cleaners that are used in their stall or feeding trough. And the toxins that are used to clean and sterilize the machines. Or even the machines themselves, what kind of metal is used, and how much regulation is there to ensure that a non-toxic chemical is used for each and every part?  Even the organic fed cows are coming in contact with chemicals somehow, if we are, then they must be also. In the US we eat a lot of beef (as a nation, not necessarily individuals) and since many of the toxins we carry are from the foods we eat then it stands to reason that many of the chemicals are coming from the meat we eat also. 
  Even though there is processing done to the cow's milk, are all chemicals taken out? What about the processing that goes into the chemicals they put in. And what affect on the cow's health are these chemicals. Are cows now living longer and healthier lives? 


I believe it is important to have research regarding toxins. That is how we find ways to reduce our exposure and how we discover the risks that chemicals pose to life. I know it is unrealistic to hope, but it would be great if studies that are released to the public took into consideration all aspects of how this will affect peoples lives and their decisions. If the news articles and reports said "Toxic chemicals found in cow's milk and human milk... toxic chemicals used in soy been crops..."  well something like that, it would not affect any ONE group of mothers (the breastfeeding moms) but instead would have people as a whole looking at what is getting to our babies. And mother's milk would not be seen as the toxic bad guy (or girl rather).  

Pam Price IBCLC, RLC, LPN
Charleston SC, USA
(843) 797-4554

 

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