I have been working on a list of cost-benefit references to share with decision-makers. The list follows. Please let me know of any references I may have missed. Thanks. Mary Johnson Cost-benefits of breastfeeding: Labbok, Miriam. Costs on not breastfeeding in the US. ABM News and Views, the Newsletter of the Academy of breastfeeding Medicine. Vol 1, #1. Spring 1995 Kaiser Permamente's study on Breastfeeding and Health, found at the following website: <http://www/greatstar.com/lois/bfh.html> (THE LAST TIME I TRIED I WAS NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THIS SITE -- DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE URL CHANGED?) Montgomery, D. & Splett, P. Economic benefit of breastfeeding infants enrolled in WIC. J Am Diet Assoc. 1997Apr:97(4);379-85. Tuttle, C and Dewey, K. Potential cost savings for Medi-Cal, AFDC, Food Stamps, and WIC programs associated with increasing breast-feeding among low-income Hmong women in California. J Am Diet Assoc. 1996Sept:96(9);885-90. Bailey, D and Deck, L. The Potential Health Care Cost of Not Breastfeeding. 1993. Lexington-Fayette County Health Department, Kentucky. Benefits for employers (which include cost-benefits): Cohen, R. & Mrtek, M. The Impact of Two Corporate Lactation Programs on the Incidence and Duration of Breast-Feeding by Employed Mothers. Am J Health Prom. 1994 July/Aug:8(6);. 436-441. Cohen, R.Mrtek, M, and Mrtek, R. "Comparison of Maternal Absenteeism and Infant Illness Rates Among Breast-Feeding and Formula-feeding Women in Two Corporations" Am J Health Prom. 1995Nov/Dec:10(2); 148-153. Mary B. Johnson WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator Minnesota WIC Program Minnesota Department of Health 717 Delaware Street SE Minneapolis, MN 55440-9441 Phone: 612-623-5400 FAX: 612-623-5445 internet: [log in to unmask]