>Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:48:38 -0500 >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Kathy Dettwyler <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Your lovely product > >I had to laugh at your web page. The mom wouldn't need a bottle-propper if she was just breastfeeding her baby! You don't have to hold your own breast -- it comes attached to your chest wall. And yes, even mothers of multiples can successfully breastfeed. I actually think your product is quite dangerous because of the risk of choking and asphyxiating formula, which can lead to quite nasty lung infections. Of course, there are hundreds of other reasons why mothers and babies should be breastfeeding instead of using formula. > >Formula use increases a baby's risk of: allergies, asthma, cancer (including childhood lymphoma and breast cancer in adult women), diabetes, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, ear infection, and heart disease. formula use always lower a baby's IQ. > >Please consider turning your obvious creative and business talents to something less likely to harm children. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D. email: [log in to unmask] Anthropology Department phone: (409) 845-5256 Texas A&M University fax: (409) 845-4070 College Station, TX 77843-4352 http://www.prairienet.org/laleche/dettwyler.html