Valerie  states:

<<The only way  that I see that people can put the brakes on this widespread
commercialism of  human milk is to deny the researchers and companies access
to
human  milk.  I think many of us support milk banking because we know what  a
life-giving gift this is for infants.  That support should continue  but I
think
there are many of us who don't want to see this "gift of life"  going to
Nestle
or Mead Johnson or some pharm  company.>>



It might be interesting to  contact each of the milk banks and find out
exactly what happens to ALL the milk  that is donated.  How much of what is donated
is actually distributed to  hospitals/parents for use for babies, and how
much is sold for research?

It's difficult to find out  who is sleeping with whom, but it can be done.
What sometimes looks very  innocuous (as Valerie points out over and over
again), isn't.

Jan





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