Jennifer writes:

>  I have to question the wisdom of using the population of Belarus to 
>evaluate the risks of artificial feeding as it pertains to allergies 
>and asthma. Michel Odent has put forth a credible argument that 
>cesarean sections are a significant contributing factor in the 
>sky-rocketing rates of asthma. 75% of the women in Belarus have 
>cesarean sections. According to information I have read, only 10% of 
>women have milk that does not test positive for irradiation 
>(remember Chernobyl) and developing fetuses are at high risk of 
>developing many other diseases,
>


In fact, Kramer cautions against extrapolating the results of the 
study to apply to non-Belarussian contexts, but because allergies are 
so *low* in comparison with the West:

"the incidence of all allergic symptoms was lower in the PROBIT children
than are seen in western industrialised countries but are similar to those 
reported in other E European countries. Therefore the authors urge caution in
extrapolating results in settings where atopic diseases occur more  frequently"

Heather Welford Neil, UK

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