If you haven't had time to read the article that Janice posted, here's a
quick and relevant snippet:

"Earlier this week, Prolacta and Youse attempted to clear the milky waters.
According to Elster, all milk received from the inception of the IBMP
project to May 31 of this year will go to Africa. After May 31, however,
IBMP will send 25 percent of all donations received to Africa, and 75
percent will be sold to Prolacta for $1 an ounce. What kind of profit margin
does this mean for Prolacta? Potentially a motherlode. If, as Elster told
me, the average donation runs around 180 ounces, then that would mean that
135 ounces (75 percent) "sold" to Prolacta would generate around $4,725 (at
$35 an ounce) for the company, or about $3,890 after subtracting the expense
of donor processing (about $700 per donor) and the cash payment to IBMP."

Basically, those numbers don't look much better than the ones I originally
posted.

In fact, if Salon's numbers are right, then for every donor the
International Breast Milk Project recruits, the IBMP will get 45 ounces of
breast milk and $135. 

Prolacta, on the other hand would get 135 ounces of breast milk and up to
$3,890 in sales.

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