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>Date: Thu, 20 Jun 96 17:19:52 CET
>To: m.e.kennedy
>Cc: eviadams, moyg
>Subject: Environmental pollutants and breast-feeding
>
> Dear Maureen,
>
> Evi Adams was kind enough to forward your recent post on the
> Lactnet (unfortunately, current work volume does not permit
> me to participate as I would wish). I in turn have discussed
> the question with my colleague, Dr Gerald Moy, Scientist,
> in the Food Safety unit. He prepared a message, which I am
> forwarding for your information. You may, if you wish, post
> it for other Lactnet participants.
>
> I would like to add the following concluding remarks on the
> question, from chapter 3: "Health factors which may
> interfere with breast-feeding" in "Infant feeding: the
> physiological basis" (1990), p. 49, which we still consider
> relevant:
>
> "In a number of industrialized countries, where it is
> assumed that breast-feeding after four months is less
> critical to infant health than in some societies, there has
> been some discussion of the possibility of counselling
> mothers against prolonged lactation to avoid an accumulation
> of fat-soluble contaminants in their infants. On the basis
> of present scientific knowledge, however, such a measure
> does not appear justified. In fact, the concentration of
> fat-soluble contaminants in breast milk decreases as
> lactation advances, and with increasing parity."
>
> Best wishes to you and all Lactnetters.
>
> Jim Akre
>
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