In a message dated 12/29/2001 10:42:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:44:15 -0500
> From: Sharon Knorr <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: toxins
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> Dear Kathleen,
>
> You have probably already dug all of this up, but, from my Lactnet=
> files....
>
> Here's an excerpt from a 1994 LEAVEN article, "Pesticides and=
> Breastfeeding" by Betty Crase, in which she describes a study by W. Rogan,=
> who compared the risks of contaminants in breast milk with the risks of=
> formula feeding:
> "Estimated loss of life expectancy from cancer from human milk exposure=
> to the contaminants studied was less than three days; in contrast, the=
> decrease in life expectancy from excess postneonatal mortality in infants=
> not breastfed compared to the increase in life expectancy in breastfed=
> infants
> is about seventy days. There was not only no advantage to avoiding=
> breastfeeding, there was a disadvantage. Breastfed children, even those at=
> the extreme doses of contaminants considered to be in human milk, had a=
> net lower risk of death and longer life expectancy."
> It's a terrific article and can be found in LEAVEN, Vol. 30 No. 3,=
> May-June 1994, pp. 37-40. The reference cited in LEAVEN for this study is:
> Rogan, W. J. et al. Should the presence of carcinogens in breast milk=
> discourage breast feeding? Reg Toxicol Pharmacol 1991; 13:228-40.
>
> Hope this is helpful. There is a wonderful new website, "Healthy Milk,=
> Healthy Baby," about breast milk contamination, created by Dr. Gina=
> Solomon at the National Resources Defense Council, if you want
> more details. It has a very pro-breastfeeding focus. The url is=
> http://www.nrdc.org/breastmilk/
>
> Pesticides and Breastfeeding
> http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVMayJun94p37.html
>
> Good resource person - lots of stuff from her in archives:
> Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor
> Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
> 110 Rice Hall
> Cornell University
> Ithaca, NY 14853
> [log in to unmask]
> www.steingraber.com
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Warmly,
> Sharon Knorr, BSMT, ASCP, IBCLC
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