Hi Micaela,
Yes, that is also my understanding. However, there really should be guidance
coming from WHO and or IAEA on this so that the recommendations have both
substance from those who are real experts on this and the clout of their
institutional backing. Unfortunately, the cogs of such orgs can move very
slowly.
Karleen Gribble
Australia

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I am in close contact with some Japanese LLL Leaders, and they told me 
that LLL Japan, JALC (Japanese Association of Lactation Consultants) and 
BSN have created a special hotline to support breastfeeding mothers, and 
that they are jointly working to the news release about radiation and 
breastfeeding (also based on some of the material some of you shared 
here on the list, as far as I could understand).
I believe that they are working as hard as they can to support mothers 
and babies.

Micaela
LLL Leader,
Italy



Il 16/03/2011 10.34, Karleen Gribble ha scritto:
> Reports are coming from Japan that infant formula manufacturers are
> delivering powdered infant formula to evacuation centres in Japan and that
> breastfeeding women do not know whether they should breastfeed of not
> because of the possibility of radiation exposure (the phrase was "Some
> mothers hesitate breastfeeding worrying about their milk if it is
> contaminated by radiation").
> Karleen Gribble
> Frustrated and powerless in Australia
>

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