--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Karleen Gribble <[log in to unmask]> wrote:Sounds pretty good Gonneke. However, whatever replaces breastmilk (and it's
often formula) actively does damage....denial of breastmilk is just part of
it, harm from whatever the child is being: fed formula, solids (especially I
think the HIV transmission evidence suggests) and probably also teas (no
research on this) do do harm.
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You're absolutely right, Karleen. I do have an article (adapted it from Marsha Walkers ''just one bottle'') pointing those real dangers out.
But in conversations I do avoid to even seem to attack formula, because that will put many listeners on ''the wrong leg'' and they will not hear what I'm saying, because they think I'm ''one of those militant anti formula freaks''. And then the message will not only be lost, but turned into it's own enemy.

Warmly,

Gonneke

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