Monday, October 8, 2007

this is so scary...

A Belgian couple are told by the court that they cannot sue Nestle b/c the risk of contamination is, drum roll please, KNOWN AND ACCEPTED. Yes, it is known, by lactation professionals and concerned medical staff, but is it know by the parents who give it to their infant children? It is accepted by the companies who produce the artificial milk, but what about the newborn baby who has it poured down their throat? Do the nursery staff inform the parents and give them an informed consent waiver to sign when they want to pop a bottle in the newborn's mouth overnight? (They do not in most hospitals in the USA even have to tell the parents they fed the baby a bottle at all, though, theoretically they are supposed to make a note in the baby's chart. Yet another reason to not let the baby out of your arms....)

http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/2007/10/ruling-in-belgium.html

But you know what? We aren't supposed to talk about this stuff, it might get you labeled or cast out of mommy groups. God forbid we actually educate the public about the RISKS involved in NOT giving your child the biological norm. sigh.

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