This is fascinating to me, since the breast cancer cure/prevention people
will listen to breast milk speaking in a negative context, but won¹t listen
to the benefits of breastmilk (and breastfeeding) when furthering their own
cause!  Lest I sound too naïve, I do understand that a biological marker for
toxicity in any mammals is breastmilk levels.  But still...

How many lifetimes will it take to do all the advocacy that needs doing
!?!?!

Morgan Kennedy Henderson
LLLL, IBCLC
Wellesley, MA  USA


BREAST IS STILL BEST=20

Scientists, public health experts and community groups put forward the =
plan to begin monitoring breast milk as a way of tracking what types of =
toxins are entering women's bodies.=20

Breast milk is regarded as a good "biomarker" for exposure to toxins =
because chemicals can accumulate in the breast's fatty tissue for a =
number of years.=20

"When breast milk speaks, people listen," said Jeanne Rizzo, executive =
director the Breast Cancer Fund, a San Francisco-based advocacy group.=20

While most speakers at Thursday's hearing supported beginning a breast =
milk monitoring program, many urged that it be undertaken carefully and =
in tandem with public education to remind women that--even with toxic =
exposure--breast milk is still by far the best source of nutrition for =
infants.=20

"Breast is still best," said Donna Vivio, director of global outreach at =
the American College of Nurse Midwives.=20


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