The article Roberta refers to can be found at
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/317/7154/333
It is in the Education and Debate section, titled 'Ethical Debate', and
consists of 7 articles on the industry and research theme including 2 on
infant formula. You can find the electronic responses to the article at
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/eletters/317/7154/333
Note that one of the responses is from Lucas himself.
It is my understanding that the Dunn Institute research on infant formula is
funded by an infant formula manufacturer.
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Roberta said -
>One or two months ago he also argued forcefully in British Medical Journal
for
>a strong role for formula companies in education about infant nutrition for
>professionals and parents. He does not believe that there are any ethical
>problems in this role. This surprised me as I assumed that anyone who had
such
>significant research findings about the benefits of breastfeeding would be
>suspicious about the aggressive marketing of formula companies.
>