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Re: Misinformation?
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Kate Hallberg <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 20 Jun 1996 20:18:45 -0600
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At The very first bit of info stated<The breast
>is actually a modified sweat gland; breast milk is a modification of sweat.>
> What am I missing???  No wonder the public can be so misinformed,

As far as everything I've known this is true- but we're speaking
evolutionarily here.  Just as feathers are modifed scales, breastmilk is
modified sweat.  No big deal but sounds alarming when put that way.

Kate, mom to Ursula, 19 months old, in Boulder, Colorado.

Ignorance is not a problem... Stupidity is.- Karen Cunningham M.D. C.C.F.P.
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~kolina/Home.html

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