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Courtesy National Alliance for Breastfeeding
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What
if every breastmilk substitute product was required to display the following
message? Surgeon
General Warning: The use of this product may increase a
mother’s risk of breast and ovarian cancers, and increase baby’s risk of
sids, asthma and respiratory disease, diabetes, lymphoma and leukemia,
obesity, allergies, diarrhea, ear infections, and a lower iq. |
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The problem is in the US, formula companies, like so many corporations, have more rights than individuals (like mothers and babies) do. Can you imagine if we had a US Minister of Health to whom we could report breaches of the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes to? Every time a nurse offered us a bag with those Peter Rabbits all over it, with formula samples inside, we could report it. When an OB’s office offered to sign you up for a ‘New Mother’s Club” you could report it. And when you attended a pediatric conference sponsored by a formula company, you could report it. What if there were no formula ads in parenting magazines? The dream list goes on and on. Here are some pages put together for the Santa Fe Breastfeeding Task Force, to help spread the word about how the US and Formula Companies are “Selling Out Mothers and Babies.” |
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Ten Reasons to Just Say “NO!” to Infant
Formula Company Gifts |
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“Healthy Heart
and Lungs Success” Gift Packs Satire by Tess
Parriott (I have no idea who she is or how this originated, but it’s been circulating around, so I beg Tess’s forgiveness for reprinting this without permission!) |
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THE NEW MEXICO
BREASTFEEDING TASK FORCE “JUST SAY NO!” DISCHARGE PACK INITIATIVE |
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