Dear all:

My curious mind cannot keep me from trying to figure this out --- but I've made some 
inquiries to others to try to find out the answer to the question of which kills more infants --
- guns or bottles.  As of now, infant mortality rates do not list guns among the top ten 
causes of mortality.  The most recent study that I know of ranking child survival 
interventions, listed breastfeeding at the top of the pile.  The number of deaths worldwide 
that I have often seen quoted at conferences is 1 million deaths a year attributable to not 
breastfeeding.  Let me repeat ONE MILLION DEATHS PER YEAR.  Now one could argue 
endlessly about whether it was due to the bottle or the contents of the bottle, or the method 
of feeding --- but at this point in time in the developing areas of the world --- bottles are 
mostly filled with some form of formula however improperly prepared.

Best, Susan

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