There are risks that come with milk sharing and with commoditizing milk. There are risks with infant formula. There are even risks with feeding one's own baby at the breast.

The key is to quantify the various risks and then to establish *relative risk.*

It is the job of health professionals and public health to quantify risk, to establish relative risk, to identify risk reduction strategies, and to communicate all of this effectively to mothers so they can make choices.

-- Jodine Chase 


On 2011-06-03, at 6:39 AM, Nina Berry wrote:

> On 03/06/2011, at 10:06 PM, Pat Young wrote:
> 
>> Used to be called wet nursing....
> 
> ... and it didn't always end well.  Turning milk into a commodity has a long history of adverse outcomes.  Exchanging milk requires a great deal of trust.  Adding commerce to the mix introduces an incentive for dishonesty.  (Can anyone spell melamine?)
> Nina Berry
> Australia
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