Renee,
  Congratulations to all who were involved in this effort. You tell  
an inspiring story.

Naomi Bar-Yam

On Feb 4, 2007, at 12:02 AM, LACTNET automatic digest system wrote:

> The work to protect breastfeeding from the commercial pressures to =
> artificially feed is very difficult. The meetings to determine which =
> formula company gets the contract have historically been held in  
> secret =
> with no staff input. The purchasing agent at a hospital told me  
> that the =
> formula negotiations were a "blood bath" with each company trying  
> to out =
> do the other.  Hospital are strapped for funds but when their  
> unethical =
> relationship with the companies are exposed, (and how this impacts =
> health) they will hopefully do the right thing.

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Naomi Bar-Yam Ph.D.
Mothers' Milk Bank of New England

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