Dear Friends,

I'm trying to track down the references for two statements about the
economic benefits of breastfeeding. They are a) that it takes 110 billion
BTUs of energy to make and transport a year's formula in the United States,
and b) that 550 million cans of formula are used each year across the
U.S.A., adding 800,000 pounds of paper and 86,000 tons of metal  to the
waste stream.

I found the '550 million cans' figure in the 1997 action folder for World
Breastfeeding Week, so I don't think it's a recent reference.

Can anybody help me? Please reply directly, as I am "No Mail" on Lactnet.

Cheers,

Chris

Chris Mulford, BSN, IBCLC

La Leche League Leader Reserve

Chair, Workplace Breastfeeding Support Committee, US Breastfeeding Committee

Co-coordinator, Women & Work Task Force, World Alliance for Breastfeeding
Action

 


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