In 1993, I was pregnant and received a free case of infant formula through the mail--unsolicited. Rather funny considering I had been an IBCLC for two years. I debated about what to do with this free case of infant formula and came to the conclusion that if dairy farmers can dump their cow's milk when protesting, then I can dump infant formula. I opened the cans up and dumped the stuff down the toilet. I saved the cans and used them as a teaching tool. When I had classes on breastfeeding, I use to pass the cans around and ask them to pronounce the ingredients--something I can't do either. First rule in my nutrition book is if ya can't pronounce the ingredient then ya can't eat it. I think mailing back the cans are an unnecessary burden to our postal system. And taking a package of infant formula to the post office is a waste of time and gas. I was told I should have donated my free case of infant formula to a food program. But that didn't sit well with me because I think any food program for the poor should be putting major bucks into the encouragement of breastfeeding. I also believe that infant formula should be prescription only (since donor human milk is prescription only). I would think must people would dump any unsolicited drug down the toilet. So frankly I would think that unsolicited infant formula belongs there, too. Valerie W. McClain, IBCLC *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html