I know that the standard from milk banks is pasteurized donor milk, but 
I do wonder at whether some of these babies would be better off if the 
donor milk was not pasteurized.  It seems that at least many of the 
components in breast milk could be destroyed by the pasteurization.  Of 
course pasteurized human milk is preferable to artificial baby milks. 
Perhaps from a public health perspective, which is concerned with 
statistics rather than individuals, pasteurized is better than 
unpasteurized. However, I'm not sure that there are not individual 
babies who would be better off with all of the components, even at 
slight risk of disease.

I'm just thinking out loud here, and wondering what others think.

Christine Bussman

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