Thank you Sandra for letting us know about this study.  I wanted to make a
few comments on this abstract.

If this study does not define what they mean by breastfeeding (exclusive,
partial, etc), then it is next to useless in pinpointing "breastfeeding" as the
sole cause of contamination.  Breastfeeding must be defined.

A major portion of environmental contamination occurrs in utero.  It would
seem logical that this study ought to have taken blood samples of each mother.
If all the breastfeeding mothers lived in heavily contaminated areas, it would
be fairly certain that their infants would have received a good bit of
contamination in utero.  If the mothers of the infant formula group were in less
contaminated areas, their levels would be less to start with.  Thus I believe it
would be critical to know the mother's blood levels.  The abstract mentions
taking of blood samples from babies only.

It certainly looks like another very small study (10 breastfed infants, 10
bottlefed infants).  I look forward to reading this study whenever it is
published.  I do hope that the publicity for this study will be presented fairly.
Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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