Hi all,

Dr. Julie Smith, has written about the economic value of breastmilk and 
and the economic costs of artificial breastmilk substitutes over many 
years.  In 2019 She wrote about the carbon footprint of milk formulas 
and harms to health (International Breastfeeding J  
doi.org/10.1186/s13006-019-0243-8). In 2013 Dr. Smith wrote about the 
economic value of breastmilk in gross domestic product (J of Human 
Lactation doi: 10.1177/0890334413494827).

There have been other papers written in the U.K. and the U.S. about the 
economic value of breastfeeding and the economic costs of formula 
feeding over the years.  It appears that there needs to be a revisit of 
this research to get it back into the news such as this current paper 
about the cost of breastfeeding.

As Naomi Bar-Yam has written the change is slow and frustrating. The 
manufacturing companies have big money and a great deal of advertising 
power.  Yet, women also have power and make changes. We just need to 
keep working.

Kind regards,

Ruth,

IBCLC since 1997; Aust. Breastfeeding Assoc. counsellor since 1991;

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