Hello Fraçoise,
My name is Verónica Garea. I am a LLL Leader in Argentina. I hold an ME in
Nuclear Engineering and a PhD in Engineering Physics. My area of expertise
is Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection.
The International Commission for Radiation Protection (ICRP) has issued a
document on breastfeeding and radioisotopes. This document is intended for
Nuclear Power Plants (NPP) workers, not for medical use of radioisotopes.
I have the document in a backup (my hard drive died a few weeks ago and I
have not had the time to restore all the files tothe new one). The document
addresses dose to baby and establishes limits for mother in the form of ALI
and DAC for ingestion and inhalation of radioisotopes.
Is this useful for you?
Best regards,
Verónica
Verónica Garea, ME Nuc Eng, PhD Eng Phys
Leader - LLL Argentina
> 4. breastfeeding mother working in nuclear plant?
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:05:50 +0200
> From: Coudray Fran?oise ADJ+ <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: breastfeeding mother working in nuclear plant?
>
> Hello,
>
> I am taking care of a Mom who is going to resume working, she will work in
> a
> nuclear plant, AND she will have to work in "contaminated" area. (that, she
> did not do before getting pregnant, she took another job in the nuclear
> plant).
>
> My bibles "Lawrence 2006" and "Core 2007" gave me nothing for that subject
> (only radioactive diagnosis/treatment), and I lent the Riordan 2009 so that
> I have no information after 1999 ("old" Riordan, with studies on European
> milk after Chernobyl saying the breast milk was okay but no thresholds).
>
> Has anyone the possibility to transmit me the thresholds of what/how much
> she can "receive" per day, knowing the fact that she will spend several
> days
> per week working in contaminated area, (contaminated area which is supposed
> to be safe anyway), or is there a regulation: whatever is received, no
> breastfeeding for those who work in contaminated area? I have searched a
> lot, mostly found radioactiv treatments/diagnosis or chemicals pollution.
>
> Further more: I am afraid her administration obligates the arrest of
> breastfeeding for her return. From what she said, I have the feeling the
> boss requests she has weaned before working.
>
> Our option is a very, very big milk bank to nourrish the baby whenever she
> resumes working.
>
> I would like your wise advices, and maybe some tips?
>
> Warmly,
> Breast regards,
>
> Fran?oise Coudray
> IBCLC - France
>
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> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:13:17 +0100
> From: Morgan Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: drugging babies
>
> Calpol syrup and anti-histamine syrup being used frequently. There is a
> brand with both combined, that is used a great deal at the moment.
>
> My next door neighbour, who has three sons in their twenties, asked how
> my then 3 month old was doing, and when I said fine, said "It's that
> spoonful of calpol in their last bottle, that's the magic." So they'd
> each been dosed every single night. It's also common to double the
> amount of formula powder at night.
>
> A recent anonymous survey on one of the Mum's forums, asked if the Mum
> had ever drugged their baby to sleep, and 70% of those said yes...
> that's how I knew about the combined paracetamol and anti-histamine
> syrup...
>
> Any formula claiming sleep properties will be readily snatched up here,
> I imagine. For those who've not read it, the report on how mothers
> discuss formula and it's various attributes online, by the Caroline
> Walker Trust, is well worth a read.
>
> "I hear it's the closest to breast milk":
> http://www.cwt.org.uk/pdfs/Formula_PTBReport.pdf
>
> Rather frightening to consider the effect of this sort of 'sleep
> inducing' formula AND dosing the baby with pain killers and
> anti-histamines.
>
> Morgan Gallagher
>
> Helen Butler wrote:
> > The drugging of babies continued in Britain at least, a pharmacist
> > friend whose baby was around the same age as my son told me in a
> > discussion of sleep we were having [about 23 years ago] that when
> > she was newly qualified that lots of mothers used to come in and get
> > phenergan for their babies to get them to sleep, but that fewer did
> > at that time. I had never heard of it and was horrified. It was
> > suggested to me to a friend's wife a year later for help with
> > teething - she'd used it with hers, one of which was younger than my
> > son. Maybe mothers still use it but not so openly.
> > just done a quick google on it and found this 2009 leaflet from the
> > BMJ where it is suggested. Despite the claim that it is based on
> > the most up to date research there is not a single reference on the
> > leaflet.
> >
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> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:04:21 -0500
> From: Kershaw Jane <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Hindmilk
>
> Question to Nancy Wight: in Europe where I've read they just increase the
> =
> amount of breast milk given to preemies rather than fortify - do they have
> =
> higher incidence of problems because of increased volumes? If you
> increase=
> protein by increasing volumes, are there other problems? When you try to
> =
> modify milks to make them different from naturally produced milk, are
> there=
> no long-range consequences? =20
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> Almost always, poor growth in premies is due to lack of sufficient
> protein,=
> not calories. "Hindmilk" is identical in protein to "foremilk".
> =20
> Nancy
> Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
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