Another example.  The mother should return to breastfeeding.
Unbelievable, breastfeeding is always the problem.  Then how did the
mother get such a high level?  Who is she breastfeeding from?  Explain
that one doc, or is the mother's mother a LLL leader who breastfeeds her
kids until they are 21 years old?

Breastmilk does not usually contain large quantities of lead as
explained by Lawrence.  It is incredible that the mother would be
advised to stop breastfeeding before testing her milk.  But that's how
it works, I guess.  The first obvious place to look would be the water,
but we would not tell everyone to stop drinking the water until it was
tested.  But with breastmilk...

With the mother having such a high level, it is much more likely that
the baby received the lead in utero.  Why are the others in the family
not so affected?  This suggests some outside source.  Has anyone thought
of calcium supplements, some of which apparently have very high lead
levels along with the calcium?  This might explain why the mother has
such high levels, since many women take the supplements during
pregnancy, and no one else.

"Breastmilk is guilty until proved otherwise.  Infant formula innocent
until proved otherwise."

Jack Newman, MD, FRCPC