To Mary Renard: There was a classic case of botulism and breastfeeding published in 1978. Its a rather well done study. In this patient(who was severely effected), there were no botulism organisms found in the milk, nor the infant, throughout the attack. Great reading for us BF supporters(and yes, its in version four, p. 53). Middaugh, J. Botulism and Breast Milk. N. Eng. J. Med 298:343, 1978. *********************************** T.W. Hale, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Texas Tech University School of Medicine ***********************************