In the June 2005 issue of Canada's "Today's Parent" magazine:

The "Poisoned" Breast
You've seen the headlines about environmental toxins in mother's milk. Here's the real story 
By John Hoffman


http://www.todaysparent.com/pregnancybirth/breastfeeding/article.jsp?content=20050426_100329_676&page=6

Your shorter link is: http://makeashorterlink.com/?G2A13541B

You've probably seen the headlines - "Breast Milk Awash with Chemicals," "Rocket-Fuel Chemical Found in Breast Milk," "Babies in Poison Peril from Breastfeeding." They're enough to scare a nursing mom into questioning whether she's doing the right thing for her infant. Trouble is, reports like these ones don't give the whole story.

(see link above for full article)

Janice Reynolds

(a well-written article, that covers many points that are often not brought out.  But I found the concluding paragraph that compared the toxic load of breastfeeding and formula, misleading, since it failed to list the other risk factors of using formula, that must to be considered in a fully informed infant feeding health decision)

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