The charity I am with has responded with a press release about this
seriously disturbing issue.

GCSE examinations are taken by the vast majority of 16-year-olds in
all parts of the UK bar Scotland
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education).
This issue refers to one of the questions on the chemistry paper.

"NCT, the UK's largest parenting charity, has today highlighted
concerns that school exam papers may have been subject to the
influence of commercial organisations.

The charity has come across two recent science exam questions
presenting misleading and inaccurate information that would directly
benefit formula milk companies. One of the questions, which featured
in a GCSE chemistry paper, also directs students to mistrust
charities.   "

For more details, the link is here:

http://www.nct.org.uk/press-office/press-releases/view/224

The above link also contains a link to NCT's full and referenced
analysis, but put succinctly, 2 questions on the chemistry paper had
*seriously* incorrect information about infant formula, its use,
contents and safety, and about breastfeeding and breastfeeding
support work.

It is worth going to the link and reading it.

We are hoping the British press will respond and that the examination
boards will withdraw the papers.

I seem to remember a post on Lactnet which reported similar formula
issues in school/college exams in the US - am I right?

Heather Welford Neil
NCT bfc, tutor, UK
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http://www.heatherwelford.co.uk

http://heatherwelford.posterous.com

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