This from a friend...

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>*** Baby milk makers are breaking WHO code - study
>
>Child health experts said Friday that baby milk manufacturers were
>breaking an international code for marketing breast milk substitutes
>by issuing free samples. Nearly 200 countries adopted the WHO code in
>1996 to encourage breast feeding, particularly in developing
>countries, and to protect mothers from pressure by milk companies to
>use their products. But a study by UNICEF's Interagency Group on
>Breast-feeding Monitoring in Bangladesh, Poland, South Africa and
>Thailand found that 21 companies were giving away samples of their
>products in direct violation of the agreement. See
>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2553684343-a63



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