This should be investigated and verified. If true, it could be a legal
issue, could it not? I was under the impression that payment for human
tissue was illegal, even in "research."

Please correct me if I am wrong. (It wouldn't be the first time.)

Mary Jozwiak IBCLC, RLC, LLLL, AAPL
Private Practice



On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:50:02 -0400, Janice Berry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Naomi wrote:
><< Where do researchers and formula companies get
>samples of breastmilk to do their research and/or
>manufacturing of the new formulas they claim are
>just like breastmilk?>>
>
>I live in the Columbus, Ohio (USA) area, where one major formula company is
>headquartered, and have heard secondhand (but from a source whom I consider
>accurate and who was considering doing this) of this company paying mothers
>generously for their samples. She quoted a figure of $1000, but I don't
know
>what the duration or amount of pumping would be for that.
>Janice Berry, Westerville, OH

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