Here are few that I dug our and are similar..... 

"Imagine that the world had created a new 'dream product' to feed and immunize everyone born on Earth.  Imagine also that it was available everywhere, required no storage or delivery, and helped mothers to plan their families and reduce the risk of cancer.
 
"Then imagine that the world refused to use it.
 
"Towards the end of this century of unprecedented discovery and invention, even as scientists discover the origins of life itself, this scenario is not, alas, a fiction.  The 'dream product' is human breastmilk, available to us all at birth, and yet we are not using it."
James P Grant   Unicef 1991


"If a multinational company developed a product that was a nutritionally
> balanced and delicious food, a wonder drug that both prevented and treated
> disease, cost almost nothing to produce and could be develiered in
> quantities controlled by the consumers' needs, the very announcement of
> their find would send their shares rocketing to the top of the stock
> market.   The scientists who developed the product would win prizes and 
> the
> wealth and influence of everyone involved would increase dramatically.
> Women have been producing such a miraculous susbtance, breastmilk, since 
> the
> beginning of human existence, yet they form the half of the world's people
> who are the least wealthy and the least powerful."
Gabrielle Palmer 



Susan Gehrman RN, IBCLC, CCE
Battle Creek Health System
300 North Ave.
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016
Phone: 269-966-8586

Breastfeeding... A natural resource. 

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>>> Riva Weissfish <[log in to unmask]> 01/05/2011 4:57 PM >>>
Dear Knowledgeable Lactnetters!

I am trying to find the quote of, I think, the surgeon general of the U.S. that said something like: if we had one substance that would heal etc.....we would insist that everyone use it....that's breastmilk..." Ring a bell to anyone?
I'd be thrilled if someone could send me the correct quote and who and when it was said. 
TIA,
Riva Weissfish BA,CCE,IBCLC

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