Someone kindly sent me an e-mail with studies that are supportive of
breastfeeding despite toxins in the environment.  There is a web site
http://dir.niehs.nih.gov/direb/rogan.htm  of Dr. Walter Rogan, an
epidemiologist from the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences, whose studies showed that toxin exposure is transplacental not
lactational.  Dr. Rogan also has a study that shows a correlation
between high levels of DDE and early weaning(he believes the reason is
that DDE is a weak estrogen).  Thought this might be of interest.  If
anyone wants the list of studies supportive of breastfeeding despite
toxins in the environment, please e-mail me.  Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

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