I hope Gonneke will respond to this one, Pamela.
I'm sure she will be quite able to handle this one !

Renate.

At 13:39 5-9-00 +0200, you wrote:
>Calling our Dutch colleagues on Lactnet.  I have just had a call from an OB
>who sounded like he was being interviewed by someone, and wanted to quote
>me, asking about a recent report of estrogens and/or dioxins in the
>breastmilk of Dutch mothers.  My answer to him was that scares like this
>often come up, and that breastfeeding remains safer than formula-feeding,
>dioxins notwithstanding.
>
>I also said I would find out more and get back to him.  That these kind of
>questions should be asked in Africa is scary.  I have just instituted a
>Search or our Archives, I know we have discussed this topic before, but I
>wondered - has anything *recently* re-raised its ugly head on this issue in
>Holland??
>
>Thanks for any help/comments, and if you reply, I hope that I may quote you
>to the OB??
>
>Pamela Morrison IBCLC, Zimbabwe
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