I've been meaning to ask this for a while.  I have a favorite healing salve that contains beeswax.  It occurred to me recently that the beeswax might be of concern just like honey is, due to botulism.  I looked around and other popular nipple ointments have beeswax.  I also found one article on the subject that claims that beeswax is not a botulism risk but the article seemed like an opinion piece rather than evidence based.

I would really like to be able to recommend this salve to moms and I am hoping someone knows for sure about beeswax.

Laura Spitzfaden LLLL, IBCLC

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