My purpose in asking for a list of hospitals purchasing Medolac, and a
price is list, is to increase transparency. The first corporation to sell
human milk products rose up without a lot of scrutiny and I'm hoping that
doesn't happen again. I hope we can have full discussions and information
sharing here.

I've been writing about the commercialization of human milk for a while
now. This link will bring up my blog posts on Prolacta and Medolac.
http://bfnews.blogspot.ca/search?q=(medolac)+OR+(prolacta)&max-results=20&by-date=true

I'm glad you mentioend Medolac's push to buy milk from black mothers in the
US. I don't think this article has been shared on Lactnet yet:

Inviting African-American Mothers to Sell Their Breast Milk, and Profiting
By KIMBERLY SEALS ALLERS DECEMBER 3, 2014 11:22 AM
New York Times Motherlode
December 3, 2014 11:22

What is a for-profit company with no African-American employees, no
African-American board members and no meaningful connections to
African-American mothers doing starting a campaign targeting low-income
African-American mothers in Detroit to sell their breast milk under the
promise of economic empowerment? That’s a question that deserves an answer,
particularly since the company promoting this “pull yourself up by your own
nursing bra straps” approach intends to sell that milk at a profit. " Link
to full article:
http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/03/inviting-african-american-mothers-to-sell-their-breast-milk-and-profiting/?_r=0

-- Jodine Chase
Human Milk News
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


>
> Date:    Sun, 7 Dec 2014 07:35:17 -0600
> From:    Pat Young <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Medolac???
>
> Sorry Jodine, but I do not want to see human milk commercialized.  The
> offer to buy milk from African American mothers is appalling.  Pat  Young,
> APN, IBCLC
>

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