Janice, as far as I know, his response seems correct to me. It is true that
the dioxin intake via breastmilk is many times higher than the 'level of
safety' (=far above recommended acceptable daily intakes) suggests.

Still this hasn't showed any negative impact on the children, except in a
few individual cases. The big dutch research from '96 was the first
research that did show an adverse reaction in children that received a
highly contaminated breastmilk: their motor skill dropped to the level of
formulafed baby's.

This is a serious problem and needs attention. But it is not a reason to
recommened to not breasfeed (obviously).

For more info, see http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bv_toxins.html

In Dutch women, who are known to have very high dioxin and PCB levels, the
levels are declining, fortunately.

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Annelies Bon
Breastfeeding Resources http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bfbronnen.html
breastfeeding counsellor of the Dutch bf org "Borstvoeding Natuurlijk"
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living in a small city, Almere, near Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Toxins in Human Milk
       http://utopia.knoware.nl/users/abon/bf_toxins.html