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Thread #102470   Message #2077574
Posted By: Liz the Squeak
15-Jun-07 - 04:31 AM
Thread Name: BS: Breast feeding in public
Subject: RE: BS: Breast feeding in public
Here's a little aside concerning breasts and Nestle.

Nestle provided baby formula to poverty stricken children in Africa a couple of decades ago. They actively taught and convinced breast feeding mothers that this powder would give their babies a better start than breast milk. The infant mortality rate rocketed from illnesses other than those associated with famine. Why?

Because the formula had to be made with water - a resource that was in damn short supply as it was, and what was available was dirty, contaminated and often stagnant.

Nestle have been reluctant to admit any responsibility in the deaths of bottle fed children from diseases carried by dirty water, even though it was their campaign to promote formula feeding that caused the huge surge in uptake.

Of course, what they should have done was encourage breast feeding and provide a well, decent drinking water and a clinic.

LTS