LactNet members may want to have a look at this website originating
     with a European formula manufacturer:
     www.numico.nl/uk/news/2000/01.html
     To quote its words:
     "up to 50% of babies fed on infant formula suffer from minor digestive
     problems, such as colic, cramps, flatulence and constipation".

     By the way, are LactNet members expressing their views to their
     respective Ministers of Health regarding use of the Internet for
     promotion of breastmilk substitutes, bottles, teats -- all covered by
     the International Code -- to the general public and mothers?  This
     issue, not foreseen when the Code was drafted in the late 1970s, may
     come up in discussions and recommendations at the next World Health
     Assembly, early in May.

     Helen Armstrong  IBCLC
     Consultant, Infant Feeding & Care

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