Today's Washington Post has both front-page and Health section articles on the debate in the US Food & Drug Administration's debate over adding DHA to infant formula. (DHA is not permitted as a formula additive in the US; it is added to formula in Europe and Asia.) The statement that formula is "safe and nutritious," while not as good as breastmilk, is repeated throughout both articles, sigh. I did appreciate one scientist's comment that simply throwing stuff together in a non-natural mix is not the same as having it naturally available through breast milk. Duh. The articles are at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/daily/june99/formula1.htm http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-06/01/079l-060199-idx.html Mary Renard RN BSN IBCLC Vienna Virginia USA *********************************************** 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