Pamela Morrison wrote:  Or claiming you are saving HIV orphans with
breastmilk, but really using most of the breast milk for research purposes.

 

Pamela - Thank you for the reminder that there is a corporation out there
that is making a HUGE profit in the breastmilk industry.  It obtains the
milk from lactating women, without paying them a cent; then, it turns around
and sells the milk to NICUs in the USA at the reported rate of $185 per
ounce (as of 2 years ago).  The NICUs never went to the Human Milk Banking
Association of North America (HMBANA) with the same enthusiasm when they
could have obtained the breastmilk at $3.50 per ounce (a partial processing
fee).  Makes you wonder why and who is ultimately paying for the milk.  Now,
there reportedly is a breastpump company that is getting into the breastmilk
industry to use components of the milk to produce a milk fortifier; it is a
for-profit venture and, once again, the lactating women are not being paid
for the milk.  The whole issue leaves a bad taste in my mouth; as usual, the
companies are interested in the bottom line only - nothing altruistic in it.

Warm regards,

Lee Galasso, MS, LLLL, IBCLC, RLC

Westchester County in NYS, USA

"Children Are Born with the Right to Breastfeed"

 

 


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