My guess: the potential risk of being made to "prove it" in court related to the death of an individual infant.
The Risks of Not Breastfeeding means the same thing without attacking the specific product, and it's the thought process that actually motivated moms in about 3 dozen focus groups to actually change their practices.
The US is a suit-happy country. In spirit, I'm sure we agree with you, but Prudence dictates..... 

Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
Phoenix, AZ


>I'm reading some posts on LACTNET and thinking:  Are we avoiding the real
>issue?  We refer to Weissingerizing and then what do we do?  We talk about
>the risks of:  not the real culprit but of not breastfeeding.  Why don't we
>talk about the risks of ABM feeding?  Did it all start with trying to be
>politically correct in the National Breastfeeding Ad Campaign in the U.S.?
>If babies are killed and made sick by ABM, why don't we publicize that?
>After all, the ABM companies are publicizing every adverse incident that
>breastfeeding is implicated in - legitimate or not.  If we want the world to
>change its thinking on this, we need to first do it in ourselves.  We need
>to "watch our language" and say what we mean:  ABM does kill some babies!
>ABM does make many babies sick, many times for the rest of their lives!  It
>will not matter to parents if the percentage is low; if it is their child,
>it is unbearable no matter what the numbers are.  Is that an important fact
>to emphasize?
 
>Lee Galasso, MS, IBCLC, RLC
>
>Lactation Specialist
>
>Westchester County
  

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