The following is a rant. Delete or skip if you wish. The excellent posts from Marsha Walker and others regarding Lipil and the recent "improvements" to artificial infant milks has me steaming. Pharmaceutical/"formula" companies are in business to MAKE MONEY. Yes, they claim to have the interests of improved health at heart, but their actions show otherwise. By continually introducing new products *without adequate long-term, human testing and trials*, they show a reckless willingness to treat fellow human beings, the public they serve, as little more than lab rats. I know of at least 2 vaccines for infants that have been introduced in the past 5 years or so, that have either been pulled off the market, or have had their recommended issuance modified to selected groups. This sort of experimentation with the bodies and health of our vulnerable, precious children needs to be stopped. I am going to print and review of Marsha's post on Lipil; the next time parents ask about the "new, improved formulas", I will be better informed, and able to provide them with accurate information. I will stop now, before I get myself in even more trouble than I am already in... Carole whose dander is up just in time for our staff meeting this morning! Wheeee! __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html