I received a note from a professor at my college today seeking information about "breastmilk contaminants" for a "Position Paper" that she is developing for a Leadership committee. I have asked to be included in the committee working on the paper, and sent her some bf-friendly resources. As long as I did this search, I thought I would share the info with all of you as well. I hope you can use them. Below is the letter that I sent her as a follow-up to asking to work with her. Anyone with other references, please email me privately as I will need lots of info, since I do not know what direction this paper is heading at the moment, and need to " head off at the pass "any bf-unfriendly" papers. As you can see, I have suggested the Hazards of Formula tack instead. Kathy in NJ My letter: "As a quick resource on the topic, I suggest you go to the LLL site and search their site for the articles you seek. LLL main site: http://www.lalecheleague.org/ Search site: http://www.lalecheleague.org/search.html Another site with some info is http://www.motherstuff.com/html/breastfd-chemicals.html Still more info can be found at: http://www.waba.org.br/wbw97/files03.htm http://www.gn.apc.org/babymilk/press/press16july99.html http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/liveonline/health/healthtalk/formula060199.ht m http://www.unu.edu/unupress/food/8F174e/8F174E0m.htm http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bf_toxins.html http://www.ecomall.com/greenshopping/mbr.htm http://www.infactcanada.ca/newsletters/spring97/ren_res.htm http://www.lalecheleague.org/llleaderweb/LV/LVMayJun94p37.txt http://www.aap.org/policy/00298.html http://ehpnet1.niehs.nih.gov/docs/1995/103(S6)/son-abs.html I am sure that this is enough to give you some basic information. Please keep in mind that mother's milk is ALWAYS preferable to manufactured formulas and that any position paper needs to address the HAZARDS of formula rather than the presence of contaminants in breastmilk. The rare instances where mothers are not recommended to breastfeed include HIV (in industrialized nations), chemotherapy or radioactive drugs (brief waiting period only is needed here, by the way)." *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
