I recently purchased, "Pediatric Environmental Health" by the AAP. I highly recommend it. In the metals section it says, "Lead levels in human milk are low, and there are no modern reports of lead toxicity in a nursed child from an asymptomatic mother. Lead was known historically to be toxic to the nurslings of women who worked with it. Earlier this century, there was much more lead in canned formula and evaporated milk that in breast milk because of the soldered seams in the cans. The levels are lower now, but probably still higher than in human milk." Impressive statement, coming from the AAP. You may also want to contact: Judith S Schreiber, PhD Senior Public Health Scientist Office of the Attorney General Bureau of the Environomental Protection The Capitol/Albany NY 12224 518-474-4819 desk 518-473-2534 Fax [log in to unmask] Dr Schreiber is a wonderful resource for questions about environmental issues. She helped me out with some questions that one of my moms had about chemicals that she would be exposed to in her work environment as a labratory researcher. Ellen *********************************************** 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(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html