I am rather baffled that someone feels that my recent post on the book,
Our Stolen Future was off-topic.  I happen to believe that part of being
a breastfeeding advocate/lactation consultant is promotion of
breastfeeding.  This means one needs to be aware of what various groups
in you locality/nationally/internationally are saying about
breastfeeding and who is listening to those various groups.  If these
authors are promoting junk science, guess who's listening to them...yep
a major candidate for the Presidency of the U.S.  This man is also of
some influence in the Democratic party.  Who's reading this book and how
will they regard breastfeeding?

We(in the U.S.)have no national policy on breastfeeding, nor a national
breastfeeding coordinator.  Is it partly because some of us  believe
that breastfeeding is not a political issue.  What politicians believe
to be true will effect policies/laws that are written.  If some
politicians believe that breastfeeding is dangerous because of chemical
contamination, then we will see policies/laws that reflect this believe.
We, who are breastfeeding advocates, need to know what is believed by
our politicians and how to direct them to better information.  According
to the book, health officials in another country have already influenced
women to quit breastfeeding because of chemical contamination.  The end
result an infant hospitalized because the mother used a substitute that
was onfit for infant consumption.  If this is off-topic, then I guess I
had better spend my time finding a new occupation.  Valerie W. McClain,
IBCLC

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