Just in case anybody else was thinking of writing to this guy (Dr. 
Miller at Stanford), despite his obvious political/corporate 
affiliations that made it a waste of time (or is it really a waste?  and 
how do we know?), I wrote a non-inflammatory response detailing my 
concerns:

a) I don't like that he asserts that formula is clean and safe when all 
those recalls say it isn't.
b) Artificial feeding does not contribute to empowerment of women *or* 
the health of babies in developing nations.
c) Women deserve to have unbiased information so that they can make an 
informed choice, without getting bogged down in marketing or politics 
(his Western imperialism, which I think does exactly the opposite of 
what he accuses).

I won't paste his response, since I don't have permission, but he 
informed me that I didn't read his article carefully, and that what he 
was *really* objecting to was misleading labeling that falsely 
(falsely??) implies that formula routinely contains pathogenic 
organisms.  He didn't mention the deal about powdered formula not being 
safe for newborns, which I did bring up.  He quotes the FDA regs at 
length, and believes they are doing a great job of quality control.  He 
says that activists have created such a vendetta against formula 
companies that it is not possible that (in my words from my email) 
"Western marketing victimiz[es] babies worldwide."

And then he closes by informing me that he does not wish to engage in 
further dialogue.

Uh huh.

Lynn in MO

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