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Nestle Answers: Shifting Blame for Infant Deaths

by phdinparenting on October 22, 2009

This is one of a series of posts that features Nestle’s answers to my questions that came out of the Nestle Family event. To access the other questions and answers, go to follow-up questions for Nestle and click on the questions you are interested in. Answers will be posted as they are received and analyzed.
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The World Health Organization (WHO)’s International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes was adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1981 as a minimum requirement to ensure appropriate feeding of infants and young children. According to the WHO ’s FAQs on the International Code:
The protection, promotion and support of breastfeeding rank among the most effective [...]

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Blood, milk and profits

by phdinparenting on July 3, 2009

Image credit: sweetbeetandgreenbean in flickr
Blood
We all need it.
Most of us make enough of it and don’t lose too much of it.
But some people will need donated blood due to medical conditions, accidents or surgery.
Breast Milk
Babies need it.
Most women make enough of it to satisfy their baby’s needs.
But some people will need to feed their [...]

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Friendly skies? Not always for breastfeeding mothers

by phdinparenting on August 16, 2008

A while ago I wrote a post called when breastfeeding is a safety hazard as a reaction to what I thought was a ridiculous clause in an airline policy. I’ve been thinking a lot more about breastfeeding on airplanes since then and enjoyed the conversation that we all had about the issue in the comments [...]

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"Got breastmilk?"…got a lawsuit…

by phdinparenting on July 31, 2008

She’s back…
A few weeks ago I blogged about The Lactivist Jennifer Laycock’s silence of over a month. Well today we found out what it takes to get her back to blogging about boobs. It appears that the California Milk Processors Board is upset over a breastfeeding advocate’s t-shirts with the slogan “Got Breastmilk?”. Read more [...]

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