There certainly is a distinction between being on Martek's Board and Wyeth's.
 One is worse than the other.  But not by that much:  Neither company
supports breastfeeding.  They both promote artificial feeding of babies and
the implication that ABM can be close or closer to human milk.

Absurd reasoning and very dangerous business people.  To be quite frank, they
are responsible for babies dying throughout the world and we all know this.

This will be my last post on the topic.  Bill and Martha Sears have done more
to further the cause of Attachment Parenting and AP as it applies
breastfeeding than any two people on the planet.  They have also made a
mistake by thinking that they can lie down with dogs and not get up with
fleas.  Lots and lots of fleas.

They deserve our respectful disagreement and the firm assumption that our
comments will cause them to see that this is not a sound business alliance
and will only result in weakening the promotion of breastfeeding.  We must
continue to write to them and talk to them until they discontinue their
partnership with Wyeth.

Jay Gordon, MD, FAAP, IBCLC

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