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Fleur Bickford <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>http://pubs.acs.org/cen/
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>The magazine Chemical and Engineering News has a close up picture of an
>older baby nursing on it's cover this month, and a very interesting article
>about the components of breastmilk (click on "cover story" on the above link
>to read the article).
Breastfeeding is also this month's cover story in Environmental
Health Perspectives:
<http://www.ehponline.org/docs/2008/116-10/focus-abs.html>. Very nice
cover photo too. :-)
First paragraph of the article:
"Throughout human history, breastfeeding has been the primary means
of feeding infants. Human milk not only provides nutrients but also
supports the still-developing host defense system of the infant with
a number of crucial immunoregulatory and anti-inflammatory agents.
Despite these and other benefits of human milk, published reports of
toxicants such as persistent organic pollutants and metals in human
milk have caused mothers and health professionals to question the
safety of breastfeeding. The research to date indicates that, despite
the health risks posed by these contaminants, breastfeeding nearly
always remains the optimal choice for infant feeding. Mothers in
conflict and disaster situations also are advised to continue
breastfeeding rather than use commercial infant formula, because it
is easier to meet the nutritional needs of mothers than those of her
nonbreastfed infant."
regards,
Julia
Julia R. Barrett
Science Writer & Editor in the Life Sciences
Madison, Wisconsin
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