Well I owuld hope so. And I would also hope that if they do so that they ask appropriate questions in order to get meaningful answers. Who has the contacts to follow through with ensuring that this is the case? Karleen Gribble Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Ritchie" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 6:00 PM Subject: Large US child study to be funded Wonder if they will track children as breastfed vs formula fed? Judy Ritchie http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA100507.State.childrenshea lth.34c306f.html http://tinyurl.com/yq6h2d One thousand San Antonio children would be followed from the womb - and in some cases, from conception - to their 21st birthday as part of the biggest and most ambitious study ever to look at children's health and well-being, federal health officials announced Thursday. The National Children's Study is designed to track 100,000 American children to adulthood to answer dozens of questions about what social and environmental factors - from diet to pesticide exposures to television viewing - combine with genetic risk to contribute to a host of health problems, among them birth defects, autism, asthma, obesity, diabetes, mental illness and traumatic injury. The study design calls for eventually selecting 100,000 children from 105 U.S. communities. If the entire study is funded over 25 or so years, it could cost $3.2 billion. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html Mail all commands to [log in to unmask] To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or [log in to unmask]) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet or ([log in to unmask]) To reach list owners: [log in to unmask]