>Has anyone heard anything about this?  Is it a spoof, 
>are there foul people at play here, or what?

I don't think it's a conspiracy, just researchers doing research.  The abstract of the article is at:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12671700&dopt=Abstract

In brief they found no difference between breastfeeding and non-breastfeeding groups in children who died of various cancers, on review of cases from 1972-1981.  

Judith

Judith A. Hayman, RN, BSc, BScN, IBCLC
Public Health Nurse, Lactation Consultant

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