Heather writes:
<< In the UK, nothing is ever said in the many public education
campaigns about bf and breast cancer - not that I recall, anyway.>>

A couple of years ago I was working at a local health fair.  As we were all
packing up to go at the end of the day a friend of mine introduced me to the
lady who was working at the American Cancer Society booth.

Since it was October (Br CA Awareness Month) they had a lot of materials on
display re breast CA.  I mentioned that I didn't see anything on the list
about bf to reduce risk.  The woman rolled her eyes and said "That's because
you have to bf for at least 6 mos to reduce the risk and nobody is going to
bf that long!"

Cynthia D. Payne, IBCLC
In the Berkshires of western Massachusetts

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