Dear Friends:
    My new JHL arrived, with over 30 pages  of  abstracts of presentations 
from the 13th International Conference of the  International Society for 
Research in Human Milk and Lactation.
    In the editor's note, "It must be noted that this  meeting was funded in 
part by industry." 
    In part?
    3 of 4 major sponsors are industry: Mead Johnson,  Martek, and Nestle.
    4 of 6 sponsors are industry: Abbott, Nutricia,  Wyeth and Medela.
    1 of 3 travel awards is from food industry:  Danone
 
    How would we feel if RJR Reynolds and Philip Morris  paid for the bulk of 
a conference about crib death?
 
    What a miserable dilemma we are in. Are there so  little sources of 
independent funding that we have to live with this  situation? We need research. 
Researchers have to live, and have decent  laboratories and facilities, plus all 
the materials to do analysis.This costs  money, lots of money. Where are the 
non-profit sources?
 
    I can't imagine that industry is ignoring any of  the research findings, 
and will use whatever is relevant  to  make a product that competes with 
lactation. How can we fuss if some nurse  doesn't care if a formula company logo is 
on some educational materials when the  cognitive dissonance is so blatant at 
a higher level?
 
    Who gives a s***  about health, anyway, when  profit is really what 
matters?
    
    very upset,
 
Nikki Lee RN, MS, Mother of 2, IBCLC, CCE
Lactation Consultant,  Philadephia Department of Public Health
Maternal-Child Adjunct Faculty, Union  Institute and University
Film Reviews Editor, Journal of Human  Lactation
www.breastfeedingalwaysbest.com

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