While I agree with Morgan's sentiment, cows are actually much lower on the
food chain that humans are.  Human milk is used by environmental scientists
to assess the level of pullution in a given area because pollutants
accumulate at the top of the food chain.  That is why there is more mercury
in big fish who eat lots of little fish than there is in little fish who are
mostly vegetarian.
Now, to say that human babies are therefore better off if they are fed with
the milk from another species is a different statement altogether.  The
risks associated with being fed human milk that contains traces of
environmental contaminants are much lower than the risks of harm from being
fed the milk of another species.  You can quote the AAP on this.  Their
postion statement says that reports of harm from environmental exposures via
human milk are rare and characterised by clinical signs of poisoning in the
mother.
Cheers
Nina Berry BA/Bed(Hons) Dip Arts(Phil)
Breastfeeding Counsellor
PhD Candidate - "Ethical Issues in the marketing of 'Toddler Milks'"

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