There's been a lot of off-list interest in my International  
Breastmilk Project question, so I thought I would follow up here.

I have had a response from Jill Youse. Her response did not answer my  
questions. All I know now is that all the milk donated for the  
November shipment (six months ago now) went to Africa, and that she  
plans to re-write her FAQs (the new content was not elucidated).

My question about what has happened to all the milk donated since  
then remains unanswered at this point, as does my question about  
whether mothers will continue to be required to sign a Prolacta  
proprietary research release waiver when signing up to donate.

I repeat and clarify my questions here in case someone is able to  
answer them:

I'm interested to know if there is any transparency in the IBMP  
process, specifically:

- What exact proportion of donated milk so far (to May, 2007) has  
been shipped to Africa and provided free to children who require it
-  What proportion of donated milk has been or will be sold for  
profit within the USA
- Whether any donated milk has been or will be used for proprietary,  
for-profit patent research
- Whether it is intended that there be transparency in this process  
in the future.

I feel very, very strongly about the issue of transparency in  
charitable institutions, particular when those efforts involve mining  
the products of women's bodies.

Lara Hopkins

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