The baby formula that has caused the deaths of many babies in Israel was not
poisoned by Arabs as has been reported here.  The formula was lacking
Vitamin B1 which was removed in order to make it Kosher.  Lack of this
vitamin can affect certain babies with irreversible brain damage and even
death.   Please get that message across to those who are spreading such
rumours.
YOU cannot imagine what is going on in the media here.  Mass hysteria, and
we have to be very careful not to say " I told you so".
 I have been asked to appear on the evening news, and I said that what we
should talk about is the reason that so many mothers do not succeed in
breastfeeding.  Here we have 95% of mothers who want to breastfeed, and
within a short time, the numbers bottom out because we can encourage mothers
to breastfeed, but if they do not get help in the hospitals and in the
well-baby clinics, they have problems which are not solved.
Esther Grunis, IBCLC
Lis Maternity Hospital
Tel Aviv, Israel



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