Dear all: The writer of the article did NOT use research to bolster her argument --- there were no citations whatsoever in her article. I have not read metaanalyses that discredit the main findings of the risks of formula use. The AAP statement is based on many professionals who have analyzed articles over the course of decades --- and she left out the long list of STRONG evidence for a huge list of diseases for mother and baby alike and picked up one of the suggestive evidence. You will NEVER see these articles take on the strong evidence. You will NEVER see them quote the specific meta-analyses or the specific studies unless it is the study that was funded by the industry that had an inadequate sample size. For all of you to know --- you can stack the deck to get no results merely by picking a sample size that is too small to detect a difference of biologic significance. It is the easiest trick in the book. This is standard formula company tactics. Discredit the science using all sorts of unscientific logic twisting manueveurs, discredit the scientists as "zealots", claim breastfeeding is hard (which actually usually means parenting is hard so use formula so you can delegate your parenting responsibilies), liberated women who work shouldn't have to breastfeed because income generating work in the office is more important than child rearing.... Basically, this is a slander of the AAP committee and again and again this type of slander is tolerated in the media. Andrea Peyser in a New York Post article a few years back wrote an article where she simply MADE UP A QUOTE from a New York psychiatrist stating that this psychiatrist thought the evidence was MADE UP. The New Post never printed a retraction. Best, Susan Burger *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome