>
> Women need to read less articles like these and more about how commercial
> breastmilk is becoming.  The biotech people know how good breastmilk is and
> they are using that knowledge to make medicines and formula.  Why do we have
> patents for human milk components?  Between the media, the government and the
> pharmaceutical industry women are being bombarded with reasons to not
> breastfeed.  The reason has everything to do with the making of profits.  We
> need to start asking why the government has such lousy information on
> breastfeeding but quietly has interests in patents on human milk components.
> Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC

Pharming is connected to Numico. Surprise?

Gonneke

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