tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33870320412078821982024-03-05T07:50:52.888-05:00humanmilkpatentpendingValerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.comBlogger403125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-46154036604693368672023-05-07T08:08:00.001-04:002023-05-07T08:08:53.719-04:00VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN & CHILDREN<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfDEVerILsn5_OD4qy7KNkYjBk7w24HwbrWWWZzfv3YzxlAF0x43Ri5yisgN51W7_XPnvG44W10PpZLyAy-CjFi3pemFvRbJCHzcvChZehyjzHjqPkFHQpLWeh308cXY917_QrN6v7BOy5Z6O1k5TGibb6GeUiHy3Me6dt4yA1WAF-mkKhttIwLfk/s1765/IMG_20230507_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1765" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvfDEVerILsn5_OD4qy7KNkYjBk7w24HwbrWWWZzfv3YzxlAF0x43Ri5yisgN51W7_XPnvG44W10PpZLyAy-CjFi3pemFvRbJCHzcvChZehyjzHjqPkFHQpLWeh308cXY917_QrN6v7BOy5Z6O1k5TGibb6GeUiHy3Me6dt4yA1WAF-mkKhttIwLfk/s320/IMG_20230507_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Each
man’s [woman’s and child’s] death diminishes me, </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For I am involved in mankind.</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore, send not to know</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For whom the bell tolls,</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It tolls for thee.” </span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Donne, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“For Whom the Bell Tolls”</i></span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Today, May 7<sup>th</sup>, is the 108th anniversary of
the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915, torpedoed by a German U-boat in waters
off the coast of Ireland (Queensland, now named Cobh of County Cork). One
thousand, one hundred and ninety-five passengers and crew died that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among those that died was my great-grandfather,
his adult son and grandson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His daughter
(one of 763 survivors) survived. My Aunt Chris was only 16 years old at that
time. She identified her Dad’s body, but her brother’s and nephew’s bodies were
not found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-grandfather was
buried in a mass grave in Queensland.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It was always rumored that the Lusitania carried illegal
munitions from the US to Great Britain for the WWI fight against Germany.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1980’s divers discovered that indeed
there was munitions on board the Lusitania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My Aunt Chris who was in her cabin, when the torpedo hit, said the hit
seemed mild, a thud.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But shortly after the
torpedo hit, there was a huge explosion. The story of my Aunt’s survival was
told and retold, when I was a child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
anger and sadness passes from one generation to the next generation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">War brings death and destruction to so many innocent
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the war rages on in the
Ukraine, it seems that humanity refuses to figure out how to live in
peace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I live in a country that has always
been on war-time footing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Billions of
dollars goes to direct wars or proxy wars, and spending on making peaceful communities
thrive is not financially supported.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We
are the Greek Spartans, our culture lives to fight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guns first, negotiate second or never.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a difficult society to live in, if you
are a woman or child or baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let the
babies cry it out; toughen them up for the future of more wars, of a society
without compassion or concern. Put the children in daycare, work for next to
nothing, and have no time left for relationships. Schools and malls become the slaughterhouse
of enraged young white males.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Violence
like a plague of genetically engineered, mutant bacteria grows exponentially
unleashing more violence.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Government leaders view women and children as an
albatross around their necks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Neither
are allowed bodily autonomy, used and thrown out by the privileged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did Jeffrey Epstein’s game of sexually trafficking
under-aged children survive for so long?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How many well-known wealthy people have been ensnared by his blackmail and
financial games? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We live in a sick
society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I remember as a child, my parents harboring a next-door
neighbor and her 6 kids from her abusive husband.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was probably 4 or 5 at the time, so I didn’t
really understand what was going on. Later I lived in a neighborhood in which
the man across the street battered his wife regularly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Every neighbor called the police at one time
or another, it didn’t do any good. They had 3 kids. When she finally left him,
she was executed by him in front of her 3 kids.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My husband at the time called the police, when another neighbor called
for help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was being strangled by her
boyfriend, when the police broke down the door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Does this behavior impact breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, research has shown that women who are
abused by their partners (usually male partners) are more likely to not
breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I was employed by the
WIC Program, we had electric breast pumps that we loaned out to moms who had
premature babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember trying to
get a hold of one of the moms who had one of our pumps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was very apologetic and told me her
boyfriend had damaged the pump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She did
return it but the pump was totally unusable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I talked about this situation with a Healthy Start nurse who told me
that a study she had read that a pregnant mom who experienced domestic abuse
had double the risk of preterm labor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160309083114.htm">https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/03/160309083114.htm</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/what-is-physical-abuse">https://www.domesticshelters.org/articles/identifying-abuse/what-is-physical-abuse</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Over the many decades of my life, I think that at this
point in time most people would spurn violence against people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Male violence against women and children is
an unfair match.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most males are bigger
and stronger than women and children. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Control is the issue. But control or power
over others means very little because respect is the issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Control and power over someone else,
dissolves respect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Freedom is what is
desired, and it only grows with respect not violence. “For whom the bell tolls,
it tolls for thee.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">©2023 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]-->Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-58111816074970938172023-03-16T05:20:00.003-04:002023-03-16T05:56:05.140-04:00THE MARKET PLACE OF IDEAS<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT0dJUz7iOhAgCpqPGd37sObvBOT-VZhXK--bkwuOACa5xasFaSA58p_dHMxDidDJQd5HnHSjNuj6LG2Nh_hUoBRAcn7TuFku7arqRUi1gyJrUaYW5GbBVgoxMeQEdu4CUogRb6XMkiLiU3Eiig_d2VkV3jQO-6mJ8Ja2lnu5hVz-B6I8_2AUZT8o/s720/grannyaitkenmerrittbc.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzT0dJUz7iOhAgCpqPGd37sObvBOT-VZhXK--bkwuOACa5xasFaSA58p_dHMxDidDJQd5HnHSjNuj6LG2Nh_hUoBRAcn7TuFku7arqRUi1gyJrUaYW5GbBVgoxMeQEdu4CUogRb6XMkiLiU3Eiig_d2VkV3jQO-6mJ8Ja2lnu5hVz-B6I8_2AUZT8o/s320/grannyaitkenmerrittbc.jpg" width="218" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Power is not brute force
and money; power is in your spirit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Power is in your soul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is what
your ancestors, your old people gave you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--Winona LaDuke</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Rays of sunshine filtered through the stained glass
window, the Biblical scene on that window shimmered and came alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sat quietly in the pew mesmerized by the
play of the light and shadow on the carpeted floor of the Church. I should have
been praying, but instead I was watching the dance of light and shadow across
the floor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I spent a lot of my Sundays
as a child and teenager in Church entertaining my boredom by daydreaming. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But in 1968 we had a new, young priest and his
sermons were not boring.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He took the
stories of ancient people in the Bible and made them relevant to current
events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For several Sundays, he talked
about the war in Vietnam, and related it to the teachings of Jesus:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“love thy neighbor as thyself,” “thou shall
not kill.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It made sense to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seemed like simple commandments to a naïve
teenager, but the commandments of love thy neighbor and do not kill are not so
simple for adults. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One Sunday the priest began again to preach on Vietnam
and the war. Suddenly, men quietly started walking out of the Church. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Church slowly emptied out. My Dad was one
of the few men who did not leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
became very curious about why most of the men left the Church. Later that day I
asked my Dad why the men walked out of Church in the middle of the sermon, my
Dad said all the men worked for GE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well
that didn’t make sense to me. What did GE have to do with it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My Dad explained that GE had major contracts
with the federal government for the war in Vietnam.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few weeks
later the priest was removed from his position in the Church. A new priest was
chosen, and once again I found myself staring at the same stained glass window
only this time as I watched the light and shadows dance across the carpet I
began to recall one of my favorite songs. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“I’m sitting on the dock of the bay Watching the tide
roll away, ooh I’m just sitting on the dock of the bay Wastin’ time” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--Otis Redding, Dock of the Bay</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My reverie ended abruptly with the sounds of the Church
pipe organ playing loud enough to wake the dead.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It certainly ended my wasting time!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">About a month later I asked my Dad why the Church had
sided with the men from GE, and dismissed the priest. I can’t remember exactly what
my Dad said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe he said something
like, “If half the church walked out for good, the Church loses the ability to
pay its bills, to keep its doors open.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
found it baffling that the Church chose its economic survival over its values.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The men who walked out of the Church that day
also chose their economic survival. Their solidarity in protecting their jobs
had resulted in the outcome they desired.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course many decades later I understand the economic underpinnings of
that decision, although I believe that the Church made an ethically wrong decision.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ethical or moral decisions are not easy in real life,
even for churches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What I learned from
being a witness to this situation is that economics is often the driving force
in personal decision-making. The impact for me was a loss of trust in the
Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nowadays I look at research papers and wonder where are
the researchers employed, and what other funding do they receive? Does their
employment or funding influence their choices of what to study, their methods of
research, and impact their conclusions? I remember the Church I use to belong
to, and understand the real impact of ethical challenges and how trust can be
lost.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Does
funding influence research?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What does the Lancet 2023 Breastfeeding Series show us
in regard to these issues?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The funding
and employment of researchers can often give you insight into the underlying
assumptions of researchers. We know that medical and scientific journals
require researchers to declare their conflict of interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What is a conflict of interest in research (COI)? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“A basic working definition of COI is a situation in
which a secondary interest, such as financial or other personal condition has
the potential to unduly influence the primary interest of objectivity in
research conduct.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>P Knerr and RP
D’Amelia, Introduction to the Ethics of Scientific Conflict of Interest (COI),
2020.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Knerr and D’Amelia also state that COI is not
considered misconduct because “misconduct is limited to fabrication,
falsification, and plagiarism.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
state that “Trust is an essential ethical value of scientific inquiry.” And
they state, “Fundamental to this trust is objectivity in the execution,
interpretation and dissemination of research.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">How
were the researchers of the Lancet 2023 Breastfeeding Series funded?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It appears from the Lancet papers that the Gates
Foundation funded a number of researchers, or their places of employment such
as: universities, nonprofit organizations, or governmental bodies such as WHO
and UNICEF. Two researchers were social marketers, one from a company and one
from a university. Some people call social marketing propaganda.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think that is pretty accurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t care much for being told what to
think. One researcher was employed by the Gates Foundation, and another was
retired from the Gates Foundation</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lancet is owned by Elsevier which has an agreement
with the Gates Foundation regarding open access policy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“…requires authors to ensure research papers that have
been accepted for publication in a peer-reviewed journal, and are supported in
whole or in part by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funding, are published
open access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CCBY) or an equivalent
license, and are deposited immediately in PubMed Central (PMC), or in another
openly accessible repository.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I was surprised when I first started to read the 2023
Breastfeeding Series that I had free access to all of the papers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have tried to read other papers in the
Lancet and encountered the inevitable pay wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Gates Foundation pays most of the fees, and we all get to read their
research for free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While this appears
wonderful, it is also troubling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
Gates Foundation’s funding of so many researchers, universities, organizations,
and governmental body’s means that we are reading freely what the Gates
Foundation believes is important. Researchers are in all likelihood picked by
the Foundation, because their research aligns with the Foundation’s views.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will we be able to read alternative views
freely? No, because research not funded by Gates is behind a pay wall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gates has gained a monopoly on our minds by
providing an open door policy to his research, when other research is shuttered
by paywalls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Cochrane Studies received funding from the Gates
Foundation of $1.15 million for 2016-2017. <a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2016/09/opp1158795">https://www.gatesfoundation.org/about/committed-grants/2016/09/opp1158795</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Cochrane website states that “they do not accept commercial
or conflicted funding.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are supposedly
the source for “trusted evidence.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is
the Gates Foundation funding “conflicted?”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The British Global Justice Now organization in a report
from 2016 concluded that the Gates Foundation’s:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“…giving is far from a neutral charitable strategy, but
instead an ideological commitment to ‘promote neoliberal* economic policies and
corporate globalization.’”</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">* “A policy model that encompasses both
politics and economics and seeks to transfer the control of economic factors
from the public sector to the private sector.” Definition of neoliberalism by
Investopedia</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Vandana Shiva has stated,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Gates has hijacked the WHO and transformed it into an
instrument of personal power that he wields for the cynical purpose of
increasing pharmaceutical profits. He has single-handedly destroyed the
infrastructure of public health globally.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">To be continued on 3/20/23 at <a href="https://valeriewmcclain.substack.com/">https://valeriewmcclain.substack.com</a> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>“Breastfeeding
or Bust:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infant feeding in an Age of Half-Truths
& Outright Lies” Subscriptions are free.</span></p>
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McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-18639452532073229732023-02-26T10:12:00.002-05:002023-02-26T15:18:13.151-05:00BREASTFEEDING OR BREASTMILKFEEDING?<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M3n0imU8s-WnBjN5GUgkReCClu8itYznoPgKVw88G6QwyTBhIrXafw4taDGEIYhOjFHFD27ySVFxCxhf5VWJ8czQFcNSax2x4HfFu_sphflz0JYqWe1k9OjSxyUISudajE4sWaIyRu_nfRb4J2Ng3pFEtmGZTRSr3Jhs2hMNljVGvlk-sml-SJ1M/s2759/20220424_083957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2759" data-original-width="2487" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M3n0imU8s-WnBjN5GUgkReCClu8itYznoPgKVw88G6QwyTBhIrXafw4taDGEIYhOjFHFD27ySVFxCxhf5VWJ8czQFcNSax2x4HfFu_sphflz0JYqWe1k9OjSxyUISudajE4sWaIyRu_nfRb4J2Ng3pFEtmGZTRSr3Jhs2hMNljVGvlk-sml-SJ1M/s320/20220424_083957.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /></span><p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"><i>“By the time my youngest had moved onto solid foods, I had spent hours on hours staring at my breast pump, imagining all the ways I could improve the design…” -Melinda Gates quoted in an article </i><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/melinda-gates-its-time-to-talk-about-breastfeeding-at-work.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><i>https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/03/melinda-gates-its-time-to-talk-about-breastfeeding-at-work.html</i></a></p><p> The title of the article in which Melinda Gates is quoted is, “Melinda Gates: It’s time to get real about breastfeeding at work.” I am vaguely amused by the title because I don’t believe that getting “real” about breastfeeding is about pumping. Yet so many people, including breastfeeding advocates, use the words, breastfeeding and breastmilkfeeding interchangeably. Even the Lancet 2023 Breastfeeding Series implies by some of their comments that breastfeeding and breastmilkfeeding create the same health benefits to moms and babies. I’d like to see the research papers on that! I haven’t seen any studies that do such a comparison. </p><p>The title should have been about getting real about breastmilkfeeding at work. How come one of the wealthiest women on earth must use a breast pump to work? She is not working on an assembly line, in a factory where stoppage of the line would not be acceptable (other than official breaks). Was breastfeeding unacceptable at the Gates Foundation? One would assume she could have an office for privacy and a nanny to care for the baby, if she was uncomfortable about breastfeeding publicly.</p><p>The article about Melinda Gates goes onto state:</p><blockquote><p><i>“In fact Gates says she toyed with [the] idea of patenting her own design. ‘I like to think that in an alternate life, I’m a breast pump tycoon.’”</i></p></blockquote><p> Was she joking? Perhaps she is thinking of the Gates Foundation’s global agenda of a technological solution to any problem? In this case the problem is employment and breastfeeding. What is acceptable to the US corporate world is getting rooms to pump not keeping mothers and babies together. Do people understand about the cost of infant care? In the US infant care costs way more than child care. And it should cost more. Mothers are irreplaceable. Babies miss their mothers, and strangers are not who they need. Babies cry for many reasons. One unrecognized reason is the need for the presence of their mother. Babies get overfeed in care-giving situations, because the crying is misunderstood for the need to eat, and not the need for physical comfort of the mother’s presence.</p><p>I suppose I am fascinated by the Lancet 2023 Breastfeeding Series and its views on crying. Their views made me want to cry. I suppose everyone thinks that crying babies are the norm. Yet there are cultures in which babies don’t cry very much at all. The babies are held or carried most of the time. There are babies that live in communities in which babies’ feet don’t touch the ground until the babies start to walk. Babies are a part of the community, not isolated away from the community. And yes those babies are breastfed. </p><p>Some years ago I met a young woman from Liberia, and we were talking about her life and my life. She talked about walking to school and how a Black Mamba snake (one of the most poisonous snakes in her country) appeared in her path. Luckily, she didn’t move, having been taught to stay still. Finally the snake moved away into the brush. She taught me how to cook plaintain, and showed me how to wrap material around my waist to make a skirt (fanti). I talked to her about my desire to become an IBCLC, and she didn’t understand what I was talking about. I tried to explain and said I wanted to teach breastfeeding. She started laughing so hard, and I asked her why she was laughing. She told me that all mothers in Liberia know how to breastfeed, they don’t need teachers. She thought the idea of teaching breastfeeding was crazy, and I felt somewhat offended by her laughter. She was such a delightful person, and her laugh contagious that I laughed just a little bit. It’s only years after teaching US moms to breastfeed, that I understand more fully what she was teaching me. Knowledge of breastfeeding in US culture is buried in technological babel, and in products like pumps, bottles, and pacifiers. </p><blockquote><p><i>“Breastfeeding is time-consuming for women, which takes away from time that could be spent on income-earning activities.” </i><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01933-X/fulltext" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><i>https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01933-X/fulltext</i></a></p></blockquote><p>The above quote is from The Lancet Series 2023, Breastfeeding 3-”The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress.” Guess what else is time consuming besides breastfeeding? Yes, breastmilkfeeding and/or infant formula feeding. Heaven forbid mothers breastfeed rather than spending time on income-earning activities. Instead, maybe the request for funds from foundations like Gates should be on giving mothers an income, rather than spending money on programs that end up being beneficial to employers who gain cheap labor. Meanwhile mothers and babies gain what? A pumping room with fancy equipment. Is the solution to global poverty the exportation of pump technology, and mother-baby separation?</p><p>Valerie W. McClain <br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-27080109374682185832023-02-19T12:16:00.005-05:002023-02-19T12:16:58.148-05:00BREASTFEEDING OR BUST: iINFANT FEEDING IN AN AGE OF HALF-TRUTHS & OUTRIGHT LIES<p><span style="font-size: small;">READ ME ON SUBSTACK! <br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://valeriewmcclain.substack.com/p/the-lancet-2023-breastfeeding-series">https://valeriewmcclain.substack.com/p/the-lancet-2023-breastfeeding-series</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"> </span><br /></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-83520153602036453182022-11-01T07:31:00.008-04:002022-11-02T15:04:06.656-04:00THE MYTH OF ROMULUS & REMUS<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP09RNcBXithFPBa-nI04wY05lrCLjH3R4wgMpep2sXl4NoJqBy_bWMJyNKOd1lRANOR7P6a4psCoFRhdTMbsF-6ZUetRDkLX60bRpM5Hr46sfxsy3o22lBuIxOCXM6qYJpVlt8nz-RFUo5iawnsPibTDCm3Sy7u6ziLJ-84N68Wy8-9yOykLTLMwm/s600/594px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Romulus_and_Remus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="594" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP09RNcBXithFPBa-nI04wY05lrCLjH3R4wgMpep2sXl4NoJqBy_bWMJyNKOd1lRANOR7P6a4psCoFRhdTMbsF-6ZUetRDkLX60bRpM5Hr46sfxsy3o22lBuIxOCXM6qYJpVlt8nz-RFUo5iawnsPibTDCm3Sy7u6ziLJ-84N68Wy8-9yOykLTLMwm/s320/594px-Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Romulus_and_Remus_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg" width="317" /></a></div></span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Romulus and Remus—Peter Paul Reubens from Google Art
Project</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“We are a therapeutics company leveraging human milk
biology to create new medicines to transfer gut-brain axis (GBA) disorders with
large populations underserved by current treatment options.” Statement made by Lupa
Bio/also known as Intrinsic Medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://sosv.com/company/intrinsic-medicine-fka-lupa-bio/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://sosv.com/company/intrinsic-medicine-fka-lupa-bio/</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">LUPA,
a Wolf Goddess or a Biotech Company?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Do our myths and legends become reality?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does a myth shape some of our reality?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How influential are these myths to our
present day reality?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do tales of Empire
impact our science, and what we believe about the nature of men and women? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Take for instance the myth regarding the founding of
the city of Rome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A female wolf saves two
human baby brothers, and nourishes them by breastfeeding them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the myth the female wolf was
Lupa, the Roman wolf goddess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The twins had
been thrown into the Tiber River, and found by Lupa. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are numerous statues and paintings of
the mother wolf with Romulus and Remus.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The twins were the children of Mars, God of War, and Rhea Silvia, a Vestal
Virgin.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The wolf goddess and the twins are a symbol used by the
city of Rome. Interestingly, I have seen this same symbol of the wolf and the 2
babies in two mammary gland biology labs of different universities. UC Davis is
one of those universities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://hovey.faculty.ucdavis.edu/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://hovey.faculty.ucdavis.edu/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nowadays we have companies who believe that the
survival of infants is dependent upon infant formulas because many (many-many?)
mothers can’t or won’t breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Therefore other mammal milks (cows, goats, etc) or cell culture (cloned
milk) is the answer. Of course the question that is not asked is how many
mothers cannot or will not breastfeed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since
1990 the number seems to increase with every decade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Medical science seems to produce all sorts of
reasons why women can’t breastfeed. No one appears to question a society that
has strange views on women, and their “place” in our society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The amazing survival of the twins on wolf milk seems to
imply that wolf milk made them strong, politically bright, with a tendency
towards violence. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is the lack of a
mother and her breast milk representing the belief that the human mother is a
symbol of weakness of women? Romulus supposedly kills his brother in an
argument. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Roman Empire is
considered by some to have been one of the more violent societies in history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Slavery was part of their society, with
supposedly 1/3 of the population slaves. According to myth, Romulus was
responsible for the abduction and rape of young Sabine women who were made to
marry their Roman captors. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Has the views of Empire and a woman’s place in an
Empire changed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently in our US
Empire women will no longer have control over their own bodies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How different is the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking
of underage girls to powerful men from the rape of young Sabine Women?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How different is the current medical belief
system that women can’t and won’t breastfeed, therefore men of science will
create the perfect milk for babies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are
our babies <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bereft of their mothers and
given genetically engineered milk from our scientists, any different then Romulus
and Remus?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And is our Empire any
different than the Roman Empire?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I read an article in Environmental Health Perspectives
published in 1994 called, “The Mammary Gland:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Protein Factory of the Future,” by Romagnolo and DiAugustine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“In evolutionary biology, lactogenesis, or milk
secretion, is considered one of the more important functions for the survival
of mammals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Milk consumption by the
newborn is critical during the early stages of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Colostrum, which is produced by the mammary
gland postpartum, provides the newborn with immunity and precious nutrients
that enhance survival.” </span><a href="https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.94102644"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/10.1289/ehp.94102644</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What is it about babies surviving without a human
mother and raised on other mammal milks that is so fascinating?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think breastfeeding is far more
fascinating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe it is mammary gland
envy mixed with capitalistic tales of wealth, power, and control by focusing on
substitutes for mothers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it so
strange that a company that uses human milk research to create medicines calls
itself Lupa?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Glycosyn
licensing agreement with Lupa Bio (also known as Intrinsic Medicine)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Glycosyn is licensing out their patents to Lupa Bio
also known as Intrinsic Medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who is
Glycosyn?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A company founded by Ardythe
Morrow, David Newburg, and Guillermo Ruis-Palacious that has created patents on
manufacturing and using Human Milk Oligosaccharides. Ardythe Morrow and David
Newburg are listed inventors to some of these patents. </span><a href="https://contracts.justia.com/companies/intrinsic-medicine-inc-14849/contract/234677/%20"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://contracts.justia.com/companies/intrinsic-medicine-inc-14849/contract/234677/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Both Ardythe Morrow and David Newburg have been
involved in milk banking (both listed as on the Research Advisory Board to the
Mother’s Milk Bank of New England). David Newburg tested 8 human milk samples
provided by Inside Edition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The February
2016 article states that Newburg said, “Seven of the eight samples acquired
over the internet I would not feed to infants.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And, “He said [David Newburg] 87% of the samples contained potentially
dangerous bacteria.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.insideedition.com/14736-breast-milk-bought-online-may-contain-bacteria-that-could-harm-your-child-investigation-finds">https://www.insideedition.com/14736-breast-milk-bought-online-may-contain-bacteria-that-could-harm-your-child-investigation-finds</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This sounds frightening but it is 87% of 8
samples.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eight samples is far too few samples to determine public policy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
rather curious that David Newburg is a founder of Glycosyn in 2002, and a
listed inventor to a number of US patents owned by Glycosyn.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">At about the same time as Newburg was published in
Inside Edition about the dangers of buying human milk on the internet, Glycosyn
and the infant formula company FrieslandCampina formed a partnership for the
development of a new infant formula ingredient-Human Milk Oligosaccharide. <a href="https://www.foodbev.com/news/frieslandcampina-and-glycosyn-form-new-infant-nutrition-partnership/">https://www.foodbev.com/news/frieslandcampina-and-glycosyn-form-new-infant-nutrition-partnership/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2019 Glycosyn formed a partnership with BASF.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2019/05/24/BASF-and-Glycosyn-partnership-to-capitalise-on-HMO-and-gut-health-interest">https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2019/05/24/BASF-and-Glycosyn-partnership-to-capitalise-on-HMO-and-gut-health-interest</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There are 2 new US patents published in May of 2022.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The listed inventors to both patents are
Ardythe Morrow, David Newburg, and John McCoy</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Patent #11331329, “Fucosylated Oligosaccharides for
Prevention of Coronavirus Infection.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The invention provides compositions and methods for
utilizing oligosaccharides, such as human milk oligosaccharides, to attenuate a
respiratory pathogen infection and/or promote recovery from a respiratory
pathogen infection in the respiratory systems and/or GI tract of a subject.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Patent #11324766, “2’-fucosyllactose For The Prevention
And Treatment of Coronavirus-induced Inflammation.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, Ardythe Morrow will be the Principal
Investigator from the Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital Medical Center for the
PREVAIL Cohort Study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will last 3
years from a mother’s 3<sup>rd</sup> trimester of pregnancy until her baby is 2
years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s a $31 million grant from
the NIH on a new flu study in babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The CDC website explains, “In order to develop effective vaccines, it is
important to understand how these viruses interact with a child’s immune system
and how the mother’s immunity may help fight these infections in the United
States.” <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/nvsn/prevail.html">https://www.cdc.gov/surveillance/nvsn/prevail.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I find myself being rather cynical about the outcome of
this study, particularly since the Cincinnati’s Children’s Hospital Medical
Center co-own’s patents in which Ardythe Morrow is a listed inventor as well as
David Newburg. <a href="https://patents.justia.com/inventor/ardythe-l-morrow?page=2">https://patents.justia.com/inventor/ardythe-l-morrow?page=2</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Will breastfeeding be considered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or will the more narrowed view of, there is
some magical component in human milk that can be used in vaccines and
medications to save our babies from “the flu.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Will Glycosyn reap the benefit of the myth that some women can’t or won’t
breastfeed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course they are not the
only company investing in HMO’s (Nestle, Abbott, and others are investing in
human milk components, made synthetically or genetically engineered).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has myth become reality?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do we have our very own wolves, goddesses of
our new Empire?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">© 2022 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]-->Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-16310687672848820092022-10-19T06:07:00.002-04:002022-10-19T06:11:39.960-04:00OF HURRICANES, AN INFANT FORMULA RECALL, AND MORE PATENTS<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56stH6hUSgUCwtyDSUIFOorNPez3pcmzfGTgduDGc_A4DqUZnJHVFtK8NUqQO0JszkSndxf90b_KKeY9epvEFmKy7QxKnt9HpKY5wTdpj-nNwUS5tm8bWNdVHDQOkPf-f_xRpPSiN4IYWTaubWj-kojAXsaLtmM0IX98vAtND_imX1LD2fVrtUUsR/s4160/plumeria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56stH6hUSgUCwtyDSUIFOorNPez3pcmzfGTgduDGc_A4DqUZnJHVFtK8NUqQO0JszkSndxf90b_KKeY9epvEFmKy7QxKnt9HpKY5wTdpj-nNwUS5tm8bWNdVHDQOkPf-f_xRpPSiN4IYWTaubWj-kojAXsaLtmM0IX98vAtND_imX1LD2fVrtUUsR/s320/plumeria.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“A single, one-dimensional way of thinking has created
a monoculture of the mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the
monoculture of the mind has become a self-fulfilling prophecy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the root of why we have pitted equity
against ecology and sustainability against justice.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>--Vandana Shiva</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mesmerized by the Niagara Falls coming off my roof, I
was too tired to be worried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hurricane
Ian was making a grand entrance, high winds and lots and lots of rain. Niagara
Falls lasted about 2 hours, and then gradually dissipated to a steady drizzle
of rain for many hours.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Morning arrived and I went outside to find that my
street had become a river, and my front yard was just part of that river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I now had riverfront property or was the
river really a lake?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always wanted to
live close to the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But frankly I
really didn’t want a river to run through my house. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The water had tried to sneak in the back door, but had
gotten trapped by several layers of towels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But that was it, no water snaking though my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was one of the lucky ones, 4 blocks away
homes were swamped with water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did I
luck out?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even my electricity was still
on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why was I so lucky, and so many
other people unlucky? </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Life is a puzzle. I have always wondered and questioned
the whys of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great grandfather,
one of his sons, and 2-year old grandson died on a British ocean liner that
sunk in 1915.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His daughter, my Aunt
Chrissie survived the sinking of the Lusitania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The ship had been torpedoed by a German U-boat and sunk off the coast of
Ireland. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The sinking of the Lusitania
was one of the events that indirectly precipitated the entrance of the US into
WWI.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My great-grandfather and his family
was suppose to travel on a different ocean liner, but at the last minute had
been transferred to the Lusitania.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
understanding is that although the Lusitania was a passenger ship, it was rumored
to be carrying munitions to aid Britain’s war effort. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Officials denied for years that ammunition was
on board the Lusitania. In the 1980s divers confirmed that munitions were on
board the Lusitania, and efforts have been made to recover them. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://archive.archaeology.org/0901/trenches/lusitania.html">https://archive.archaeology.org/0901/trenches/lusitania.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Who lives and who dies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Is this just another war time story of bombs and bullets, and human
beings getting in the way?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hurricanes
are not wars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet I have heard that
weather can be used as a weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It does
throw our lives into shambles, depending on whether we are at the wrong place
at the wrong time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I suppose that is enough about a hurricane and luck or
fate during a disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Speaking of
fickle fate, once again Abbott is in the news. It is another recall of its infant
formulas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time it seems to be a
problem with bottle caps on 2oz liquid ready-to-feed formulas and Pedialyte not
sealing completely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For information on
products recalled, countries effected, and phone numbers to call for questions,
I have an article from the Miami Herald.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/recalls/article267468118.html">https://www.miamiherald.com/news/recalls/article267468118.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And from Abbott: <a href="https://www.similacrecall.com/us/en/home.html">https://www.similacrecall.com/us/en/home.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am sure Abbott is not a happy camper right now. Their
stock prices may slide downwards. Supposedly this will not impact the supply
chain, according to Abbott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I thought I’d
share a couple of patents owned by Abbott. And one interesting one on
myelination of the brain and duration of breastfeeding from Duke University.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US Patent #8802650 entitled, “Method of Using Human
Milk Oligosaccharides for Improving Airway Respiratory Health,” owned by Abbott
Labs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One statement in the patent, “Breastfeeding has been
associated with enhanced development and balanced growth and maturation of the
infant respiratory, gastrointestinal and immune systems, thereby providing
protection of the infant to infection and inflammatory diseases.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Are you surprised that an infant formula company makes
such a statement on a US patent document?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And should one ask how Human Milk Oligosaccharides are created by our
men and women of science?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And how man-made
Human Milk Oligosaccharide is the same thing as that which is made in the
mammary glands of a mother?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US patent # 9539269 entitled, “Method for decreasing
the incidence of necrotizing entercolitis in infants, toddlers, or children
using human milk oligosaccharides,” owned by Abbott Labs.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“During postnatal development, a newborn’s intestine
experiences a process of maturation that ends with the production of
gastrointestinal epithelium that functions as a selective barrier (i.e., gut
barrier).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Barrier formation and maintenance has been found to be
affected by the diet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breast milk
contains components that not only act as pathogen receptor analogues, but also
activate immune factors by infant intestinal epithelial cells and/or associated
immune cell populations to enhance development and maturation of the infant’s
gastrointestinal and immune systems.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is the belief that one component, Human Milk
Oligosaccharide (HMO), manufactured by Abbott, will work like the real human
milk component and create a barrier against pathogens and activate the immune
system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have they proved that in
clinical trials, compared breastfeeding vs. infant formula with HMOs?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US Patent # 11426419 entitled, “Compositions and
Methods for the Repair of Myelin,” owned by Duke University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Human breast milk is associated with improved
cognitive development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Recent studies
have shown that a direct correlation between duration of breastfeeding and the
integrity of myelination microstructure exists in humans.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I think this is fascinating particularly since media
articles from a few years ago often stated that the reason children who are
breastfed tested higher on IQ scores was because women who breastfed were more
likely to be of higher education and economic status and spent more time with
their infants/children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to
those articles there was no physical reason for this difference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But lo and behold, this patent inventor/researcher
believes that some substance from human milk is supporting the myelination of a
baby’s brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I actual think that there
is likely more than one substance in human milk that supports myelination of
the brain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe the act of breastfeeding
also helps accelerate the cognitive abilities of infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding means time spent with a baby,
and the magic of oxytocin creates a bond of love that forms a base of
attachment in which learning is facilitated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Our society knows that breastfeeding is better than infant
formula feeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the investment in
our society is in human milk, and pumping so that mothers can separate from
their babies and children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is part
and parcel of society that invests in things over people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>La Leche League often spoke of people before
things.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things are replaceable, people
are not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully, we will remember to
hold dear the time we spend with family and friends, with our babies and
children (grandchildren and great- grandchildren).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No regrets, instead an understanding of what
is important, and what is not so important.</span></p>
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</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Aggressive marketing tactics are not unique to poor
countries, nor is government inertia and nor is infant death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the 1980s in the USA, while 200,000
babies a year were hospitalized for diarrhea, infant feeding product promotion
intensified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A later analysis of 1988
data found that one in five of the US babies who died at between seven days and
12 months of age did so because they were not breastfed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabrielle Palmer, The Politics of
Breastfeeding</span></span></p><span style="font-size: small;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s been raining avocadoes for the last month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They fall off my Avocado Tree, four or five
at a time. My nemesis, Squirrel One or is it Squirrel Two, pelts me with half
eaten avocadoes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have yet to eat one
of my avocadoes, because I let the tree grow too tall. It’s taller than my mulberry
tree which towers over my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
haven’t the energy to drag a ladder out and use my fruit picker to get the
fruit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So they rocket through space and
hit the ground, a fine example of gravity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Carolina wrens love my yard, and I love to listen to
them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are such petite birds with
upturned tails and loud, mouthy voices. One would think that little birds would
have little voices?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year one couple
had 5 babies in my mailbox that is affixed to my house (not used for posting
mail, just used for friends to leave messages). The wrens ousted the frogs that
lived in the mailbox.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mailbox sits
below a light I turn on at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
bugs love the light, and the frogs got fat and sassy—that is until the wrens
moved in and built more comfy quarters. Now the frogs are homeless and
squatting on top of my outdoor light. This year the wrens built a nest in my
Greenstalk vertical planter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why? Because
there was a vacancy of plants in the Greenstalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was delighted because I could watch the
family from my window.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Early one morning the wrens were making such a racket,
that I went to the window to figure out what was going on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There, next to the Greenstalk was the
neighborhood predator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a cat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was quite the handsome, well-fed fella,
but handsome or not, he was a predator. I joined the chorus of parent wrens in
yelling at him. He jumped away and I made the assumption that the baby wrens
were OK because I could still hear their voices from their nest. But sadly the
cat must have damaged the two babies in the nest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I smelled that dead animal smell and realized
that we had not saved the babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
buried the babies. Later, the mother or maybe the father wren perched on the
Greenstalk with a big worm in her/his beak and hopped around looking for the
babies. (Both wren parents feed their babies).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I watched as she or he searched the Greenstalk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She looked at me and I told her that they
died and I buried them. She seemed to understand and flew away, and has not
returned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cried.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cry more often than I use to, the world we
live in can be so cruel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Is it silly to cry for baby birds, when human babies
die from the carelessness of an industry? (The Abbot infant formula
scandal)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or silly to cry over dead baby
birds, when human children are slaughtered in a school? (Uvalde school
massacre, among the many gun massacres in the US) I cry for the human babies
and children, too. It’s not silly, it’s human to care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The older I get the more readily the tears
flow.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I see a human callousness in our
society that is beyond redemption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The Abbott infant formula scandal is being defined in
the media and Congress as a problem of formula shortages caused by supply chain
issues. The deaths of at least 9 infants and hospitalizations of at least 25
infants, and un-counted infants sickened becomes a supply chain issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And by the way don’t mention the word,
breastfeeding, because that is considered inappropriate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A society that has a shortage of infant
formula but cannot promote breastfeeding is what I call, backward thinking.
Mothers are about to have babies in the midst of infant formula shortage and
breastfeeding promotion is considered an inappropriate suggestion?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As for the Uvalde school massacre, we are made to
believe that we should not question the role of 300 police waiting for an hour
to break down the unlocked classroom door to stop one white male teen
determined to kill as many children as possible?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, this is the world we currently live
in.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A nation that does not protect
mothers and babies and children is a nation beyond redemption. It’s a
callousness and cruelty that should not go un-noticed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Who re-defined hungry? Now we call it food insecure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, it makes everyone feel better because we
don’t have to think that US children go to bed at night hungry. Instead
children are just food insecure. On the news yesterday the Biden Administration
has redefined the word recession.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So now
we can blame the large number of homeless people on the homeless people, not
the government.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How dare they set up
their tents near our homes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How dare
those families stand on the street begging for jobs, food, & shelter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is the United States, just hide it all,
and pretend it doesn’t exist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We aren’t
in a recession, you are just imagining it. Instead send over $50 billion to
Ukraine to fight a proxy war.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is
$50 billion that could be used to house the evicted, feed the hungry, and
provide free health care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What does this have to do with World Breastfeeding
Week?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything and nothing. A nation
that doesn’t care about women, mothers, babies, and children, will not and cannot
support breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding has
been redefined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead the word is becoming
breastmilk. Instead of promoting breastfeeding, memes promote breastmilk. It is
presumed that breastmilk is equivalent to breastfeeding. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a capitalist society breastmilk feeding is
becoming the priority because it supports the economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastmilkfeeding requires the buying of
pumps, bottles, pacifiers, childcare services, etc. And often breastmilk feeding
becomes formula feeding with the added cost of formula. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The growth of donor milk banks is tied to
women pumping and donating their milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now
baby showers not only gift mothers with baby bottles but with breast pumps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read recently an article that was promoting
sending donor milk in emergency situations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ever been in a hurricane or flood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The first to go is electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>How will donor milk be stored in areas that are trying to recover from a
hurricane or flood?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until the
infrastructure is repaired, sending donor milk seems short-sighted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why not focus on promoting breastfeeding,
having volunteer breastfeeding counselors or IBCLCs available to help mothers
who need to relactate?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seven years ago I
wrote about breastfeeding advocates in the Philippines using breastfeeding tents in
the aftermath of Hurricane Haiyan. <a href="https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2015/04/typhoon-haiyanyolanda-part-2-rescuing.html">https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2015/04/typhoon-haiyanyolanda-part-2-rescuing.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In the midst of a recession with large numbers of
people unemployed, families living on the streets; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it seems logical to me that promoting
breastfeeding makes economic sense, and is less wasteful of resources. Single
use plastic pumps and plastic bottles and nipples/teats are thrown away into
our overflowing landfills. Plastic is a huge problem for our environment. Breastmilk
feeding is not free for mothers or for societies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding is actually the free option. It
lowers the burden of plastic pollution, and the pollution caused by the dairy
industry. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">While I feel sadness for the state of the world, I do envision
a world where we don’t need a World Breastfeeding Week because large numbers of
women around the world are breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I salute all the women and men and organizations who have made it their mission to promote
and support breastfeeding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">©2022 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
<span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span><p></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-24539301531447175482022-06-13T07:38:00.009-04:002022-06-13T10:27:28.123-04:009 INFANT DEATHS DUE TO CRONOBACTER NOT 2 INFANT DEATHS<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKskRMTVWSmvxD2dAhfUexnP7KNlTVwGG03yvWkJZ7UWuKoBVHjuFjyBmzP4d9dBHOD9zEXmha3KSrhCLHPFnHMJbPWt2PVIFZW6nW_DovRZ-Ery5okHGf2oiVMrHx9_PkKuXOSiU0_GXIRjKEmZHYsY66WwZX_7exHNPUTE-oPiCQqi-n5leWKHJ3/s4000/020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKskRMTVWSmvxD2dAhfUexnP7KNlTVwGG03yvWkJZ7UWuKoBVHjuFjyBmzP4d9dBHOD9zEXmha3KSrhCLHPFnHMJbPWt2PVIFZW6nW_DovRZ-Ery5okHGf2oiVMrHx9_PkKuXOSiU0_GXIRjKEmZHYsY66WwZX_7exHNPUTE-oPiCQqi-n5leWKHJ3/s320/020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Reporting illnesses helps health officials understand
how disease occurs and to identify outbreaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Botulism, E.coli, Listeria, Salmonella, and Vibrio are all reportable
diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cronobacter is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main reason for this is that Cronobacter
isn’t considered a threat to the general population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most adults don’t get sick from
Cronobacter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But babies do and the main
vehicle of transmission is powdered infant formula.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carla Gillispie—“Minnesota Cronobacter Case
Spurred Federal Investigation.” <a href="https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/">https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Given the enormous risk Cronobacter poses to such a
vulnerable population, reporting should be required in every state,” said Food
Poisoning Bulletin Publisher and noted Food Safety Attorney Eric Hageman.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carla Gillispie—“Minnesota Cronobacter Case
Spurred Federal Investigation.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/">https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In September 2021 a baby in Minnesota was hospitalized
with Cronobacter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minnesota is the only
state in the United States that has made Cronobacter a reportable disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The State Health Department notified the CDC
and the FDA with the information including the formula used and the lot
number.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That baby was hospitalized and
gravely ill survived but now we know that the total number of babies that died
was nine <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NOT </b>two as reported earlier,
that there were 25 incidents of Life Threatening Illness/Injury, and 80
Non-Life Threatening Illness/Injury. <a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/06/nine-baby-deaths-reported-to-fda-during-abbott-nutrition-investigation/">https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/06/nine-baby-deaths-reported-to-fda-during-abbott-nutrition-investigation/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is highly likely that there were more deaths and
life threatening illnesses than is currently known because Cronobacter is only
reportable in one state-Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is not just a US problem but also an international problem because Abbott
shipped their contaminated product to many other countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the money that Abbott raked in during the
pandemic may go towards legal fees, and attorneys. Hopefully parents who have
had to deal with hospital bills will be compensated, although no amount of
money can compensate parents whose infants died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The only reason that this became a public issue was
because the pandemic has created product shortages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The infant formula cupboard became bare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when one factory that produced their
infant formula shut down due to unsanitary conditions, the shortage became
critical, the snowball effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
answer that some politicians have latched onto is to open the door to importing
infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The question in my mind
is that it is a known fact that powdered infant formula is not sterile, and the
bacteria, Cronobacter is ubiquitous in the environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So dependence on other countries for infant
formula means that we believe that other factories in other countries are more hygienic
than here.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which may be true, but if you
look at the history of Cronobacter contamination, it has appeared in a variety
of factories in various countries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It
isn’t the only bacteria to be concerned about, there is Salmonella, E.coli, and
other pathogens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">POWDERED INFANT FORMULA IS NOT
STERILE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>It means that parents have
to be ever-vigilant about the safe preparation of powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The promotion of breastmilk substitutes damages
breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For good and bad reasons,
many babies are fed with breastmilk substitutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is a high-risk process so the carers of
these babies must be well-informed about the use of artificial milks and other
breastmilk substitutes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabrielle
Palmer, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Politics of Breastfeeding, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>p. 260-261 </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Physicians tell moms to read the directions on the
formula container. Directions on the formula packages say consult your baby’s
doctor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So let’s look at the directions
for safe preparation of infant formula on the back of Abbott’s Similac
Sensitive infant formula package.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91WTAbJIE6L.jpg">https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91WTAbJIE6L.jpg</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The label is from 2017 but I looked at an image from
2020 and the instructions were exactly the same.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My focus is on the instructions regarding
whether to boil water and whether they state that powdered infant formulas are
not sterile. And whether they recommend breastfeeding or breast milk. The
instructions state, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ask your doctor if you need to use, cooled, boiled
water for mixing and if you need to boil (sterilize) bottles, nipples, and
rings before use.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Next to warning “Powdered infant formulas are not
sterile and should not be fed to premature infants who have immune problems
unless directed and supervised by your baby’s doctor.” Note that infants that
are formula fed do not have an optimal immune system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babies who are exclusively breastfed have an
optimal immune system.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breast milk is recommended.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note they are not recommending breastfeeding
but just breast milk. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Enfamil-Mead Johnson now owned by Reckitt instructions:
<a href="https://d2ln0cvn4pv5w2.cloudfront.net/unsafe/1024x800/filters:quality(100):max_bytes(200000):fill(white)/dcmzfk78s4reh.cloudfront.net/1501531103073.jpg">https://d2ln0cvn4pv5w2.cloudfront.net/unsafe/1024x800/filters:quality(100):max_bytes(200000):fill(white)/dcmzfk78s4reh.cloudfront.net/1501531103073.jpg</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They use the same or similar statements as Abbott’s
instructions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No date on the label, so
do not know how old the label but since so similar to Abbott 2020 label, will
assume close to that time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Powdered infant formulas are not sterile and should
not be fed to premature infants or infants who have immune problems unless
directed and supervised by your baby’s doctor.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ask your doctor if you need to use cooled, boiled
water for mixing and if you need to boil (sterilize) bottles, nipples, and
rings before use.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Experts agree on the many benefits of breast milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, the recommendation of breast milk not
breastfeeding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Gerber (owned by Nestle, SA-Switzerland) some of the
instructions state, <a href="https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/bebc/364d/9fd7_7663625787/91ityloxmul.jpg">https://images.bonanzastatic.com/afu/images/bebc/364d/9fd7_7663625787/91ityloxmul.jpg</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Sterilization or boiling of tap or bottled water and
sterilization of utensils recommended. Your doctor will advise if not required.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“If boiling water bring to rolling boil for 1 minute
and allow to cool to room temperature before preparing formula.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Warming formula above, or using water warmer than 100°F
(38°C) will compromise the probiotic culture.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breastfeeding is best for your baby.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Gerber seems to have contradictory information on their
label.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They recommend sterilization of
water and utensils but then they state that warming formula or using water
warmer than 100°F (38°C) will compromise the probiotic culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just wonder how probiotics survive the
manufacturing process of powdered infant formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it the last added ingredient?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Love to know the way probiotic bacteria is
added to powdered infant formula so that it stays alive through the process;
but also keeps the powder free of pathogenic bacteria like Cronobacter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At least they state their motto, “Breastfeeding
is Best.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, a little sarcasm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am somewhat humored that both Abbott and
Mead Johnson-Reckitt support breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Of course many people believe that breast milk and breastfeeding are the
same words.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find it eye-opening that
these US infant formula companies support breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will anyone analyze that?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my perspective it’s because breast milk-feeding
often results in mothers’ formula feeding because the demand of pumping
long-term can create many obstacles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Long term pumping often results in lowered milk supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I told moms who were long term pumping (mothers
with premature infants) that occasional hand expression could help increase
milk supply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the premature baby was
home and mom still pumping, my suggestion was to hold the baby skin-to-skin and
pump one side. Skin to skin contact is a mighty medicine for babies and moms. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2008 a study was published in Pediatrics called, “Infant
Formula—Handling Education and Safety.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The study determined “that the majority of formula feeding mothers did
not receive instruction on formula preparation (77%) or storage (73%) from a
health professional.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some 30% did not
read the instructions on the package, and 38% thought powder (not sterile) and
ready-to-feed (sterile) were unlikely to contain germs. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Among the mothers of the youngest infants analyzed,
55% did not always wash their hands with soap before preparing infant formula,
32% did not adequately wash bottle nipples between uses, 35% heated formula
bottles in a microwave oven, and 6% did not always discard formula left
standing for >2 hours.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This study was done in 2008, should we believe that a
new study on the same subject would show that more mothers read the
instructions? Do we believe that pediatricians are spending one on one time
educating mothers on safe preparation of infant formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do pediatricians in the US spend more than
10-15 minutes per mother and baby at visits?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So do they talk about infant formula labels or whether they need to boil
their water for infant formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">When a product is a risk to infants, one would think
that more regulation of the industry that makes the product is needed not less
regulation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The US media emphasis on
empty shelves is certainly an important issue, no baby should go hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I find it frightening that the safety of
infants from unsanitary manufacturing facilities seems to be a lost concern to
most people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dependency on an industry
to keep babies safely fed should mean that there are independent inspectors,
and pandemics should not be an excuse to forego inspections. <a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/06/13/many-baby-formula-plants-werent-inspected-because-of-covid/">https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2022/06/13/many-baby-formula-plants-werent-inspected-because-of-covid/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What is wrong with suggesting that breastfeeding should
be supported and promoted during an emergency?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I feel like too many people believe the marketing created by Abbott Labs
in which breastfeeding mothers are viewed as Nazis who push breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one questions Abbott Labs or their
advertising that destroys breastfeeding advocacy. They can say whatever they
want to, but yes Abbott supports breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They say it on every package they sell. But breast milk is not support
of breastfeeding. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The lack of US support for the WHO Code of Marketing of
Breast-Milk Substitutes is a clear statement by the US Government of support of
industry over babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241541601">https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9241541601</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The lack of support of the WHO Code means that labels
on packages of infant formula on preparation of infant formula will continue to
be unclear to parents (if they read the directions).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People believe that infant formula is so
benign a product that anyone can fix a bottle of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although I do remember reading some years ago
that even highly educated people do not follow the instructions on preparing powdered
infant formula-they over scoop or under scoop the powder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The manufacture of infant formula obviously needs critical assistance during a pandemic—we might consider calling
it a medical product that has certain, known risks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One might think that as a medical product it
should be distributed by prescription only in order that parents understand the
risks, and get sufficient instruction on safe preparation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes I know, dream on.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain </span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-48957312574078742072022-06-07T08:29:00.002-04:002022-06-07T08:29:22.488-04:00DANCING TO THE TUNE OF THE INFANT FORMULA INDUSTRY<p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizbwRRzFXa1rLKpSjMpcqEOeNiwdIZZyTeTBunHO0jW8xkfCd1d20ejp67uXncxZ7P0qhXg75zPiN7bX9UnYR8PpXhN8eX81UgKKW91RjMWdCO5k-r53F3a0ih-f5QFbumaur6mHmgM89XrH77EWKwl2Vv0ybdgMRMd68AWkgXZoat4uVj1YdqhYr/s4000/031.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizbwRRzFXa1rLKpSjMpcqEOeNiwdIZZyTeTBunHO0jW8xkfCd1d20ejp67uXncxZ7P0qhXg75zPiN7bX9UnYR8PpXhN8eX81UgKKW91RjMWdCO5k-r53F3a0ih-f5QFbumaur6mHmgM89XrH77EWKwl2Vv0ybdgMRMd68AWkgXZoat4uVj1YdqhYr/s320/031.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The great owners ignored the three cries of
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The land fell into fewer hands,
the number of the dispossessed increased, and every effort of the great owners
was directed at repression.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The money
was spent for arms, for gas to protect the great holdings, and spies were sent
to catch the murmuring of revolt so that it might be stamped out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The changing economy was ignored, and only
means to destroy revolt were considered, while the causes of revolt went on.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John Steinbeck--The Grapes of Wrath</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Sound familiar?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I felt like I was reading a description of current events.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I read the Grapes of Wrath many years ago and
remember the ending in which Rose of Sharon feeds the starving father by
breastfeeding him. Some people viewed that last scene as pornographic, as
disgusting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rose’s own baby was stillborn, and her
response was to save a starving man from certain death by breastfeeding
him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not a sexually act. It was a
lifesaving act.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Rose of Sharon is considered by some literary critics
of Steinbeck to be biblical in reference; as in the desert shall bloom like the
rose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Isaiah 35:1 in the Bible states, “The
wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like
a rose.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The transformation of a desert
into a bountiful, plant-filled land calls us to rejoice in that
transformation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise, Rose of Sharon’s
tragedy of losing her baby transforms into a gift of sustenance for a starving
man.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One would think
that those who felt this scene disgusting would be more repulsed by a nation
that allows people to starve. Rose of Sharon knew instinctively the value of
breastfeeding. Many years later, our world cannot envision that breastfeeding
is the saving grace during threats of hunger or starvation for babies and
children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enamored by advertising of
infant formula, and the song and dance that science is so advanced that it can
duplicate breastfeeding through genetic engineering a product; a society becomes
mesmerized, and enmeshed in valuing products over breastfeeding. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Remember the Similac advertisement by Abbott Labs, “The
Mommy Hood” also called, “The Mommy Wars” or “The Sisterhood of Motherhood,” in
which a lot of people thought the video was a documentary?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It exploited the divisions between
breastfeeding and formula feeding mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The video went viral, and I believe has had a lot of influence on how
people view breastfeeding supporters as pushy and dictatorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The name Similac was derived from “similar to
lactation.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Similac is a brand name, not
the name of the company, which is Abbott Labs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I wonder how people feel about this company now that we all know that
the company invested their Covid relief funds from the US Government in
by-backs of their own stock rather than in the infrastructure of their
manufacturing facilities?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or now that we
know that the FDA had to go to court to obtain a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction
against Abbott to shut down the manufacturing facility and implement cleaning
up the facility before being allowed to go back to producing infant formula. <a href="https://www.marlerblog.com/legal-cases/abbott-enters-consent-decree-with-fda-on-cronobacter-infant-formula-outbreak-and-recall/">https://www.marlerblog.com/legal-cases/abbott-enters-consent-decree-with-fda-on-cronobacter-infant-formula-outbreak-and-recall/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
RISK OF PATHOGENS IN POWDERED INFANT FORMULA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“The FDA conducted a sampling assignment in 2014 to
understand the prevalence of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
spp. and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salmonella </i>in 55 US dry
dairy facilities…<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter </i>was
detected in 69 percent of the facilities…By contrast, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Salmonella</i> was found in only three (5.5%) of the 55 facilities
sampled.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dave Cook, “Cronobacter:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pathogen Considerations beyond Salmonella in
Dairy Powders”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FoodSafety Magazine 2021</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I find it interesting that articles on Cronobacter
contamination always state that Cronobacter is rare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet I recently (6/1/2022) found an article in
FoodSafety News that Cronobacter was found in Numil infant formula that was
sent from Poland to Moldova with a recall notice. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/06/cronobacter-found-in-numil-infant-formula/">https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/06/cronobacter-found-in-numil-infant-formula/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I will suggest again that in the US, Cronobacter infections
in babies are considered rare because there is only one state in the US that is
required by law to report it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If no one
is required to report it to health departments, how can we say that it is rare?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The FDA found that 69% of dry dairy facilities were contaminated
with Cronobacter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That seems scary to
me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do know that safe preparation of
infant formula is required to lower the risk of infant infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to one study I read, “Cronobacter
sakazakii was able to grow in a wide variety of temperatures from 6 °C to 45°C
(42.8°F to 113°F). <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344021490_Cronobacter_sakazakii_in_Infant_Food_Contamination_and_Its_Survival_Strategies_in_Hostile_Conditions">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344021490_Cronobacter_sakazakii_in_Infant_Food_Contamination_and_Its_Survival_Strategies_in_Hostile_Conditions</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">In US Patent #10743544 entitled, “Method for
inactivating Cronobacter sakazakii,” owned by Northeast Agricultural University
of Harbin, China, they state that reconstitution of powdered infant formula
should be no less than 80°C (176°F).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also state that “Powdered infant formula is a main source of
Cronobacter spp. contamination and transmission.” <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10743544.PN.&OS=PN/10743544&RS=PN/10743544">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10743544.PN.&OS=PN/10743544&RS=PN/10743544</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">What does Abbott Labs really think about
breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Let’s take a look at US
patent #9763970 filed in 2011 called, “Nutritional compositions comprising
human milk oligosaccharides and nucleotides and uses thereof for treating and/or
preventing enteric viral infections.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breastfeeding has been associated with enhanced development
and balanced growth and maturation of the infant’s respiratory,
gastrointestinal and immune systems, thereby providing protection of the infant
to infections and inflammatory diseases.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=2&f=G&l=50&s1=9763970,.PN.+11337990.PN.&OS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990&RS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=2&f=G&l=50&s1=9763970,.PN.+11337990.PN.&OS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990&RS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or Abbott Labs US patent #11337990 also filed in 2011
called, “Human milk oligosaccharides to promote growth of beneficial bacteria.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breast milk contains components that not only act as
pathogen receptor analogues, but also activate immune factors by infant
intestinal epithelial cells and/or associated immune cell populations to
enhance development and maturation of the infant’s gastrointestinal and immune
systems.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9763970,.PN.+11337990.PN.&OS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990&RS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9763970,.PN.+11337990.PN.&OS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990&RS=PN/9763970,+OR+PN/11337990</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) are present in human
milk but what is manufactured by the infant formula industry is not a duplicate
of the HMOs found in breastmilk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Substances
in infant formula have to withstand storage for at least 18 months at room
temperatures, and are commonly genetically engineered through fermentation of
various bacteria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Infant formula
contains an element of risk, when facilities that process the substance are not
well-regulated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The problem increases
when parents are not aware of safe ways to prepare powdered infant
formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And during a pandemic all these
issues accelerate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parents believe this
is a supply-chain issue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the reality
is that what came first is a bacterial contamination issue that killed 2
infants and hospitalized other babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
need for greater regulation of the industry is very apparent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whether Congress chooses to enact more
regulations is questionable, when some legislators seem to be more influenced
by their stock portfolios.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain</span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat
it.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Edmund Burke</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This quote was used by John J Farmer III in his paper, “My
40 year history with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter/Enterobacter
sakazakii—</i>lessons learned, myths debunked, and recommendations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Believe it or not, the history of the now
named <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i> is long and tragic
with infants at high risk for this serious bacterial infection that is
intrinsic to powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This history appears to be forgotten or ignored by the US Congressional
hearings. Ignoring the history of the research and recommendations by many research
scientists, including the recommendation to breastfeed in order to avoid the
serious problem of contamination of powdered infant formula is an ominous sign.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A
Brief History from 2015-2022</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The powdered infant formula industry still cannot
produce powdered formula that is free of bacterial contamination with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter, </i>other<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Enterobacteriaceae, </i>other pathogenic bacteria, and other
microorganisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until this happens,
infants and others will be at risk of becoming infected when they ingest
contaminated formula.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>John J. Farmer
III, “My 40 year history with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter/Enterobacter
sakazakii</i>—lessons learned, myths debunked, and recommendations.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2015 </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00084/full"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00084/full</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
is ubiquitous, but it is profoundly linked with infant formula powders which
are implicated in infant infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Intrinsic contamination reports are coming up frequently that indicates
the product is not sterile.” GM Abebe, “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter
sakazakii </i>in Infant Food Contamination and Its Survival Strategies in
Hostile Conditions.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2020 </span><a href="https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijpr/international-journal-of-pediatric-research-ijpr-6-067.php"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://clinmedjournals.org/articles/ijpr/international-journal-of-pediatric-research-ijpr-6-067.php</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Reporting illnesses helps health officials understand
how disease occurs and to identify outbreaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Botulism, E. coli, Listeria, Salmonella, and Vibrio are all reportable
diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cronobacter is not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main reason for this is that Cronobacter
isn’t considered a threat to the general population.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most adults don’t get sick from
Cronobacter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But babies do and the main
vehicle of transmission is powdered infant formula.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Carla Gillespie, “Minnesota Cronobacter Case
Spurred Federal Investigation.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://foodpoisoningbulletin.com/2022/minnesota-cronobacter-case-spurred-federal-investigation/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2022</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My
impressions of the Congressional hearings on infant formula supply chain
issues.</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">First, the focus of the hearings seemed to be only on
supply chain issues not on the issue of babies sick and dying because a
manufacturing plant disregarded hygienic standards. Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro,
Chair of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigation made the following statement on the revelations of the Abbott whistleblower
on Abbott’s behavior.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“…falsifying records, turning a blind eye to safety and
product concerns, and retaliating against any employees who brought this to
light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is not enough to simply focus
on supply chain issues.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I agree with her assessment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Focusing only on supply chain issues, is in
my opinion a great way to minimize the tragedy of babies dying and maimed by
infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The reality that is
staring at us, in which a lot of Congressional leaders are blind to, is that <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">powdered infant formula is not a sterile
product. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the medical community
and others state that parents should consult the label for safe preparation of
powdered infant formula, then those labels need to be correct and safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a previous blog post I have discussed the
varied instructions on the safe preparation of infant formula of the FDA, CDC,
WHO, infant formula companies, etc. Which instructions should a parent follow
to protect their infant from <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>?
</span><a href="https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-scandal-of-cronobacter.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-scandal-of-cronobacter.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The infant formula industry cannot produce powdered
infant formula that is free of bacteria.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And there is only one state, Minnesota, which has made <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i> a reportable disease.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They call it a rare problem, yet it is not a
reportable disease in 49 states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So how
rare is it among US infants?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Who watched the Congressional hearings of the infant
formula shortage?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appeared from the
data that I saw that only some 300-400 people watched the Senate hearings on
C-SPAN. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I thought I’d share my thoughts and feelings as I
watched the Senate hearings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>C-SPAN had
video and print copies of the two hearings from Wednesday and Thursday of this
week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was able to watch all of the
Senate hearing yesterday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw some
videos of the House subcommittee meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The testimony of the Abbott Labs President of US and Canadian Nutrition,
Christopher Calamari was that, “the shortages were heartbreaking,”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“he was deeply sorry,” “and he was committed
to it never happening again.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His
comments reminded me of the often used statements by politicians in response to
mass gun violence, thoughts and prayers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Apologies are not enough when babies die or are hospitalized due to a
product that is supposed to be safe, just as thoughts and prayers are no longer
enough in regard to gun violence. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Senate
hearing just Political Theater of the Absurd<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The first absurdity
is that it appeared to me that most of the Senators blamed the FDA. The second
absurdity is that Senator Burr seemed to be praising Abbott for their apology. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When a person gets in a car accident while
drunk and kills a family, is just an apology acceptable?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Likewise a product that is advertised as a
safe substitute for breastfeeding, killed innocent babies and hospitalized
others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile the FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Cardiff
stated that the Abbott manufacturing plant was “egregiously unsanitary.” The third
absurdity was Cardiff’s inability to explain why it took so long for the FDA to
respond to the unsanitary conditions of the manufacturing plant. It seemed like
everyone was passing the blame back and forth from Abbott to the FDA, from the
FDA to Abbott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around and around never
discussing real issues relevant to parents and grandparents regarding the
safety of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one
discussing how often in the past babies have died or maimed from bacterial
contamination of powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead it seemed like the concern was to convince the American public
that “these products are safe,” that this was just a one-time occurrence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abbott had learned its lesson and
apologized.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet researchers on this
issue know that Cronobacter infections from powdered infant formula are not a
one-time occurrence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will happen
again and again, like the school mass shooting, because we live in a society
governed by people who are unwilling to do what is necessary to protect the
next generation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A society that is
unwilling to protect its young is essentially doomed.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
#4 absurdity--How quickly people forget <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>past cases of bacterial contamination of
powdered infant formula. </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The CDC discusses 4 cases of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i> in 2011 in the USA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Presumption was that there was only 4 cases but eventually believed to
be 12 cases of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter. </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many cases that were unreported, since
only one state in US required to report <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cr</i>onobacter?
And a decade later we still have only one state required to report this serious
infection of infants with a 40-80% mortality rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2011/s1230_Cronobacter.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2011/s1230_Cronobacter.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Cronobacter</span></i><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">
isn’t the only bacteria to contaminate powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In France in 2017 the company, Lactalis was
found to have Salmonella in its manufacturing plant, causing a massive
recall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Contamination of Salmonella had
previously occurred in 2005 to the same manufacturing facility with many infant
deaths. </span><a href="https://www.foodwatch.org/en/news/2018/lactalis-the-scandals-within-the-scandal/?cookieLevel=not-set"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.foodwatch.org/en/news/2018/lactalis-the-scandals-within-the-scandal/?cookieLevel=not-set</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Back
to the Senate hearing:</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Senator Rand Paul, MD of Kentucky sweeps into the
meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He appears to be impatient, in
a hurry to get his 5 minutes done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
immediately states that since there is “no direct link of Cronobacter” in the
manufacturing facility to the sick and dead babies, it means that Abbott’s
infant formula was not the cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
is despite Dr. Robert Cardiff statement that despite the lack of evidence,
“health agencies cannot rule it out either, calling the confluence of events
‘highly unusual.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It appears that Senator
Rand Paul had dismissed Cardiff’s statements on this issue, and appears to not
know that powdered infant formula is not a sterile product (despite the fact
that he is a doctor who graduated from Duke Medical School). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The scientist, John J. Farmer III, responsible in 1980
for the naming of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Enterobacter sakazakii</i>,
which is now called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>, made
the following statement in his 2015 paper.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The existence of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
strains in the ‘viable but non-culturable state’ is a possible explanation for
why a sample of powdered infant formula or other product can be tested and
found ‘negative for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
contamination’ but is actually contaminated with <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>.” </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00084/full"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00084/full</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Senator Rand Paul talked about the need for stockpiling
infant formula, so this never happens again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>My impression is the only concern is that the shelves are empty of infant
formula, and that is unacceptable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
was not happy about the FDA closing the Abbott facility for so long, and seemed
to think it was far too long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One almost
got the impression that he was more concerned about Abbott Labs than about
safety.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was not happy about the 17% tariffs
imposed on formulas from Canada and Mexico.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He seemed to think the FDA’s concern about labels from other countries
as ridiculous.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wonder how parents who
only speak and read English, read a label that is written in Spanish or French
or German?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about the instructions
on safe preparation of formula? Oh yes I forgot US citizens don’t read, so
reading instructions are unnecessary</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the interesting things about US government
agencies like the FDA (Reagan-Udall Foundation), CDC (CDC Foundation), NIH (NIH
Foundation), etc is that they each have foundations which corporations can
donate to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus foundations pass that
corporate money along to the agency for various programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The FDA has the Reagan-Udall Foundation, and
corporations can support the FDA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
BOD of the Reagan-Udall Foundation is an employee of Nestle. </span><a href="https://reaganudall.org/about-us/board-directors/molly-fogarty%20"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://reaganudall.org/about-us/board-directors/molly-fogarty</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Does having a corporate employee of Nestle on the BOD
of the FDA foundation influence the FDA?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Why was Nestle of Switzerland chosen in the first shipment flown to the
USA by the US air force of specialty formulas? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who is paying for the fuel used by the air
force or the time of the pilots? Abbott? All US infant formula companies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or are we, the taxpayers paying for that
flight? My guess is Abbott won’t be billed, it will probably be the taxpayer
who ultimately foots the bill.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I found it interesting that one of the senators (I did
not catch his name) made his very last comment about breastfeeding (a positive
comment).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First and last time I heard
the word, breastfeeding in the 2 ½ hour hearing. The stony look from Dr.Califf
to this senator was remarkable, and somewhat amusing to me. Dr. Califf immediately
changed the subject, with no response to the Senator’s comment about
breastfeeding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It appears that the FDA will probably get more money
from Congress, because more money always solves problems (yes sarcasm). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I wonder where they will get it from since we
are sending the Ukraine $40 billion+ in bombs, bullets, and missiles? Oh yes they
can just print more money.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As a breastfeeding advocate, I certainly believe that
supply-chain issues need to be resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But I also recognize that this desire to stockpile infant formula to
safeguard supply-chain problems comes at a cost to breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What governmental agency will protect
breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Historically, it has been
recognized that bringing in a ton of infant formula in disaster situations
jeopardizes breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s called
the spillover effect.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding
mothers are given free formula, and then their own milk supply diminishes
(since the more a baby breastfeeds the more milk is produced) from the
introduction of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would
call what the US is facing in this situation is definitely a disaster.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if policy is about overstocking this
product, then it would seem likely that the infant formula industry will
eventually have to get rid of their overstock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>What we will see is intense marketing/advertising of infant formula.
Since the US appears oblivious to the WHO Code on Marketing of infant formula
(despite Clinton signing on to it in 1994), we are more than likely to see
breastfeeding plummet.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Derek Thompson writes in the Atlantic the article, “What’s
Behind America’s Shocking Baby-Formula Shortage,”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“…uptick in births in early 2022 with a dramatic
decline in rates of breastfeeding among new mothers.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am not sure that breastfeeding is declining, I’d like
to see the data.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But certainly one thing
is for sure and that is that until we make <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
a reportable disease in every state, we will continue to have babies at risk
for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i> infections because of
powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The legislators
talked about creating a system to monitor supplies of infant formula that would
give an alert when supplies are low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
equally important is making <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
a reportable disease in every state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
equally important is the value of encouraging, protecting, and promoting
breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The value of
breastfeeding is well understood by many infant feeding researchers, but
obviously not well understood by many legislators. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-85981876001638546352022-05-23T11:23:00.018-04:002022-06-08T06:53:34.151-04:00"SAVING LIVES, ONE MOTHER AND CHILD AT A TIME"<span style="font-size: small;"></span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“When I despair, I remember that all through history
the way of truth and love have always won.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem
invincible, but in the end, they always fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Think of it—always.” –Mahatma Gandhi</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My southern magnolia tree stands proudly, majestically,
blossoming in the backyard.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has
weathered many hurricanes and yet still stands strong against the stormy winds.
The strength of that magnolia reminds me of some women I have met in my life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They stand proudly, strong against adversity,
fierce in their determination to right a wrong or to protect those who are not capable
of protecting themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is akin to
the mother bear instinct to protect her babies, only in some women that instinct
extends beyond their own babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I recently met online a human rights advocate,
Magdalena Whoolery, who agreed to an interview.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is Dutch-Indonesian, who grew up in the UK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Magdalena is a wife and mother of 4 children.
She is also a Registered Nurse with a PhD in Health Studies from Brunel
University. In the UK she worked with multi-drug-resistant TB patients who were
homeless.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She coined the term,
survivalising to describe how TB patients coped with their disease and
homelessness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Magdalena has lived in various countries: the UK, Pakistan,
China, Botswana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She has worked for
various organizations (UNICEF, WHO) and has been involved in disaster relief/emergency
situations: 2004 tsunami disaster in Indonesia, Jwaneng Squatter Camps in Botswana,
displaced camps in Timor-Leste of Timor. Magdalena is a member of IBFAN
(International Baby Food Action Network) and a strong supporter of the WHO/UNICEF
Code for Marketing Breast-Milk Substitutes.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
Botho Compassion Movement, “I am because you are."</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Magdalena and her family moved to Botswana in 2012. In
2013 she founded the Botho Compassion Movement and later would establish La
Leche League. Botswana at that time had no breastfeeding support groups. The
Compassion Movement is founded on the principle that, “…compassion lies at the
heart of all religious, ethical and spiritual traditions, calling us always to
treat all others as we wish to be treated ourselves.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or as Magdalena said quite simply to me, “I
am because you are.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Jwaneng
Squatter Camps in Botswana</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Botswana is located in Africa with South Africa on its
southern border with the countries, Namibia and Zimbabwe on its west and east
borders. It is home to the richest diamond mines in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jwaneng is a mining town with squatter camps
scattered throughout the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Men,
women and children in these camps are homeless, living in many cases without
access to shelter, sleeping on the ground, living in the bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Food and water is scarce, with no running
water for bathing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is a difficult way
to live for adults, but in many cases life threatening for babies and children.
Babies are often bottle-fed, in an environment in which one cannot wash bottles
easily, nor refrigerate anything.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The threat of being chased out of the encampments by
city officials is always present. Magdalena and members of the Botho Compassion
Group decided to help by bringing food and water to the encampments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a newspaper article dated April 28, 2016
of the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Botswana Gazette in which the
situation of squatter camps was written about, Magdalena is interviewed and
states,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“…as a nurse of over 15 years
and having worked with homeless people specifically, I can honestly say I<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>have not seen such severe cases of malnutrition.” </span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In my conversation with Magdalena she spoke of a
Catholic priest who had worked with the Botho Compassionate Group. One day he called
her on the phone, and described a situation of trying to help a mother from the
camps whose 4 month-old, bottle-fed baby boy who was very sick. The priest told
the mother to go to a clinic to get help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The clinic would not help her because she had no ID, health card, or
Birth Certificate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He suggested another
clinic, and the same response from the clinic—no help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She went to a third clinic and they did help
by giving her 2 packets of Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS). This solution must
be mixed with clean water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mother
went to the water faucet at the clinic, and was told she could not use the water
at the clinic. Homelessness is often stigmatized (not just in Botswana but in
the US too) and often out of ignorance of the conditions of homelessness help
is not helpful. Later, in the bush they found the baby dead beside 2 packets of
ORS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The priest told Magdalena this
because he had another baby he was worried about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Botho Group got a medical team together to provide
immediate medical care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They determined
that the homeless needed access to health care; and without IDs, health cards,
or birth certificates, they could not access that care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They got a team together and began to
register the homeless so that they could access health care.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meeting
Dr. Hussein Tarimo, breastfeeding advocate</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b></p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, Magdalena organized a meeting with UN staff
members to discuss the situation of the homeless in the squatter camps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the members of the UN staff said to
her that she needed to speak to Hussein Tarimo from the Ministry of Health-Botswana,
“Nestle keeps asking me when he is going to retire.” He was the co-ordinator of
the IBFAN Africa Codex Group, and helped with implementation of the WHO
Code.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was very aware of the conflict
of interests (COI) that happen when giant food companies get involved with
regulations of their industry.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">He discussed with Magdalena the situation of Nestle and
its influence in Botswana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He told her
about the situation in Botswana in 2006, in which 500 infants died.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is believed that the true extent of infant
morbidity and mortality are unknown because many were not able to access
hospital facilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“..in just 12 health districts [in Botswana], 22,500
babies had diarrhea and 470 died…the main risk factors for death were not being
breastfed…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabrielle Palmer—“The Politics
of Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Breasts are Bad
for Business,” pg106</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">During this time in 2006, concerns about HIV/AIDS epidemic
had created a standard of care that not only provided antiretroviral drugs but
infant formula to HIV-positive mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
moms were not given enough formula for their babies needs. Malnutrition became
common in formula-fed infants. What also happened was that HIV-negative moms
because of the promotion of infant formula began using formula rather than
breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is called the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">spillover effect</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This spillover effect is also common in other
emergency situations, when free infant formula is given out, destroying breastfeeding.
Then the free supplies disappear after the crisis passes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A mother’s breastmilk supply is gone, but free
infant formula is no longer available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unknown to many mothers and health care professionals is that a mother’s
milk supply can be brought back into full production through relactation. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The major cause of infant mortality in Botswana is diarrhea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Diarrhea is a major cause of infant mortality around
the world with 1.5 million infants dying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Diarrhea often causes dehydration in babies. Infant formula or cow’s
milk have a high solute loads which can cause rapid dehydration.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastmilk does not have a high solute load.
And babies will often continue to breastfeed for comfort, when ill.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> <br /></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nestle in Botswana</span></span><br /></b></p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b><p></p><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Tarimo discussed with Magdalena the Nestle
situation in Botswana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their aggressive
marketing practices were undermining breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was violating Botswana laws for Marketing
Foods for Infants and Young Children as well as the WHO Code.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the issues was that Nestle South
Africa had a 300-page manual designed to “guide staff and distributors on how
to breach Botswana law” on the marketing of breast-milk substitutes.</span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Another major concern was Professor Gabriel Anabwani,
the Executive Director of Baylor Children’s Clinic who was also employed by
Nestle Nutrition Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Botswana
Ministry of Health was calling for his resignation for his conflict of
interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2015 the Botswana Gazette wrote that Nestle had a
Doctors Dinner, “claiming to increase awareness of breastfeeding and their
products.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding information
from an infant formula company whose business is to sell more infant formula is
questionable ethically, particularly when directed at the medical profession
who may influence many mothers with slanted information. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In July of 2017, The Botswana Gazette stated that the
Botswana Ministry of Health had declined to comment on Nestle’s involvement
with health care professionals. Is it surprising that the newspaper appears to
no longer be interested in investigating this scandal?
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Lo and behold it appears that the Botswana Gazette has
a paid partnership with Nestle (Nespresso Coffee Machine is one of their
products). </span></p><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><br /></b><p></p><p><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">MAGDALENA’S
CONTINUED BREASTFEEDING ADVOCACY</span></b>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Magdalena helped develop a National Breastfeeding
Initiative in Botswana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She helped amend
the IYCF (Infant & Young Child Feeding) Policy so that it included
skin-to-skin contact with no mother/baby separation, and included
mother-to-mother breastfeeding support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She is still involved with breastfeeding advocacy and support, despite
the many obstacles that stand in the way of such advocacy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I remember the first conversation I had with Magdalena
and she said what was important to her, “Saving lives, one mother and child at
a time.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is in those
seemingly small steps that we can make a difference in our communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think it is the ripple effect, throw a
pebble into the water and watch how that action ripples across the water. I am
grateful for all her work in promoting, supporting breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her strength, compassion, and kindness shines
through, like the magnolia tree that flowers in the spring yet stands tall
against the hurricanes in life.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A tribute from Baby Milk Action to Hussein Tarimo who
died September 28, 2021</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-2024998223018303802022-05-15T06:53:00.005-04:002022-05-15T08:23:09.161-04:00INFANT FORMULA OUT-OF-STOCK, BREASTFEEDING BAD FOR BUSINESS
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrWJNSqsIhm2zF91iPHYewmsQLeZlp2vnHaQ6j0uYKCX_UujIyAN7jxwCgYSMPiNBIVMtytwKXqUxycISeMj1JtKNEFbcfJAWvBIfeUgNlUzUCevFZCkZZFx4aZ9T3XeKlKV93FqAAZMObzOuARkrUu8oTxEBdH_T0xbyc-AeAw23MssXEOzp7UUj/s3008/005.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3008" data-original-width="2648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrWJNSqsIhm2zF91iPHYewmsQLeZlp2vnHaQ6j0uYKCX_UujIyAN7jxwCgYSMPiNBIVMtytwKXqUxycISeMj1JtKNEFbcfJAWvBIfeUgNlUzUCevFZCkZZFx4aZ9T3XeKlKV93FqAAZMObzOuARkrUu8oTxEBdH_T0xbyc-AeAw23MssXEOzp7UUj/s320/005.JPG" width="282" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“If a multinational company developed a product that
was a nutritionally balanced and delicious food, a wonder drug that both
prevented and treated disease, cost almost nothing to produce and could be
delivered in quantities controlled by consumers’ needs, the announcement of
this find would send its shares rocketing to the top of the stock market.”—Gabrielle
Palmer, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Politics of
Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When Breasts Are Bad For
Business.</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Out-of-stock?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Infant formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our nation-wide
infant formula out-of-stock percentage <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>reached 43% this month? How can that be?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sounds to me like an enormous failure of a capitalistic
society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And we all know that the price
of infant formula will sky rocket once they clean up the factory that was shut
down due to Cronobacter sakazakii contamination.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to The Washington Post article,
Abbott’s factory in Sturgis, Michigan was inspected by the FDA, and had a
number of deficiencies with months away from production.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The FDA, however, says it is still investigating the
facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among the deficiencies it
found were water leaks and standing water on the floor, workers not wearing
appropriate protective gear and a number of swabs in the facility that tested
positive for cronobacter sakazakii bacteria, according to the FDA report.”</span>
<span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/baby-formula-factory-says-it-e2-80-99s-still-months-away-from-production/ar-AAXgysL">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/baby-formula-factory-says-it-e2-80-99s-still-months-away-from-production/ar-AAXgysL</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Parents need to feed their babies, but many people on
social media seem to not realize that one of the reasons for this out-of-stock
situation is because 2 babies died and 2 were sickened by Cronobacter sakazakii
(and there may have been more infants that got sick or died because it is not a
reportable disease in 49 states). I would think that parents would not want
this manufacturing plant to resume production unless the problems have been
resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cronobacter sakazakii
infections can cause meningitis, necrotizing enterocolitis, and septicemia in
infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are serious infections,
and in some infants deadly. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I read an article in USA Today that stated that parents
could contact infant formula manufacturers requesting infant formula. <br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">#1 Shop beyond
the grocery store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>If all else
fails, you can also order infant formula directly from the manufacturer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most manufacturers seem to have a full stock
and can even offer discounts on subscription orders, to ensure you never run
out.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So if manufacturers can sell infant formula <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">thru subscriptions</b> to ensure the parent
never runs out, then how much formula are they holding back in their
warehouses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh yes, don’t ask that
question because that might get people asking too many questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or did the author get this information wrong?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Note that at the beginning of this article is a
statement, “Purchases you make through our links may earn us a commission.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It’s capitalism, baby!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The article seems to have a financial motive, how odd? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“#5
Give breastmilk a try” </span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that has a link to HMBANA, the non-profit
milk banking system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hm… but they don’t
tell readers that mothers need a prescription from a doctor to get donor
milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Donor milk is expensive($4.50-$5.50/ounce pre-pandemic price).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now what if a mom doesn’t have health
insurance?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much does a visit to a
doctor cost-probably way over $100 per visit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Then let’s see a baby drinks somewhere around 18-25 ounces in 24
hours, depending on weight and age of the infant-about $90-$125/day if infant
is a young baby and the price is $5/ounce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Have to be pretty wealthy to buy breastmilk from a non-profit milk bank,
and it gets even more expensive from for- profit milk banks.</span> <span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/reviewed/2022/05/11/baby-formula-shortage-tips/9734580002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/reviewed/2022/05/11/baby-formula-shortage-tips/9734580002/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Why
is breastfeeding seemingly a dirty word, unmentionable in US society?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I hope my dear readers can explain to me why breastfeeding
has become so invisible and that pumping and/or human milk are supposed to mean
the same thing as breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well let’s get back to
capitalism in all its glory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We value
anything that makes money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding
doesn’t make anyone rich, other than the richness of human survival.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mothers pass on to the next generation their
rightful inheritance of survival through a perfect food, disease-resistance,
and lots of skin-to-skin contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
think it’s the essence of our humanity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We see it in art, beautiful paintings of mothers breastfeeding
babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now we have our pictures, but
it's of babies by themselves, self-feeding at an early age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look at those pictures and feel the
lonliness.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We are becoming a society that ignores a mother’s gift
of breastfeeding to her children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead we live in a society that separates mothers and babies without
thought or care.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And believes that breast
pumps and rooms to pump breast milk are the only solution to a new mother’s employment
problems. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other countries give mothers paid
leave after their babies are born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or
some innovative companies let mothers bring their babies to work for the first
6 months. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But this country chooses to
spend its monies on its war industry, sending billions of dollars in guns,
tanks, and missiles to other countries, while spending zero dollars to help
mothers and babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we investing in
the survival of our future? Or is the investment in the destruction of our
planet and its people.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mentioning breastfeeding or relactation (bringing back
a milk supply after untimely weaning) as a possible solution to this
out-of-stock infant formula situation has had the expected response from the
media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From that’s impossible to
suggestions that mentioning breastfeeding makes formula feeding mothers feel
bad. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, for mom’s who are pregnant
and in their 3<sup>rd</sup> trimester or formula feeding mothers interested in
trying or returning to breastfeeding, it may be a solution to scarcity of
infant formula for infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Relactation</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">For moms who have weaned their babies from the breast
or for moms who have only formula-fed, they need to know that relactation is
possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A mother can bring back a milk
production after quitting, if she can get her baby back to the breast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I relactated and I was lucky that I had a
baby that went back and forth from the breast to the bottle. This was in 1982
before I realized babies can be cup fed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mothers can use cups rather than bottles, since
one never knows whether a baby will easily transition to the breast from a
bottle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some babies do, but some babies
have great difficulty. I did not have a breast pump or any other gadgets that
are now recommended.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And think that if I
had had to pump or use a nursing supplementer, I would probably have not
succeeded at relactation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then I am
not a gadget person, and don’t like spending my time pumping or hand expressing
or figuring out a nursing supplementer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And having to clean all those things, would not have appealed to me,
besides making up infant formula/sterilizing bottles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Luckily I had never seen a breast pump in
1982 (although they had pumps then) and I don’t think they had nursing
supplementers back then or I had never seen one.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I did not initiate relactation when my baby was
hungry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A hungry baby, just like a
hungry adult, will find learning a new skill difficult.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I gave her some of her bottle, and then put
her to my breast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She latched on right
away. She never took a pacifier, it always went flying across the room.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
think that not sucking on a pacifier, made her more interested in getting her
sucking needs met at the breast. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gradually
over the days I lowered the amount of infant formula and increased the amount
of times I breastfed in a day as well as the length of time of each
breastfeeding session. Eventually, I went back to exclusively breastfeeding her—no
infant formula. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many relactation
pamphlets I have seen, seem unduly pessimistic about fully relactating. And the
first thing stated is the need to pump.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Certainly pumping will bring in a milk supply quickly in the beginning,
but spending nursing time is more vital than pumping (yes my opinion because of
my experience). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Moms need to know how milk is produced, that nipple
stimulation through breastfeeding or hand expression or pumps is important.
Priority should be getting the baby to the breast as often as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And moms can also hand express or pump, and
use a cup to feed the baby her milk, unless they can’t manage it all. Pumps
aren’t a necessity, confidence in your body, understanding and support from family or friends are far more important.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mothers who are employed and have new babies may have
to go back to work as soon as 2 weeks postpartum. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the problems in breastfeeding usually occur
in the first 6 weeks postpartum: sore nipples, breast infections, concerns
about baby’s weight gain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Going back so
early, usually means the demise of breastfeeding, because how do you fix those
problems if they happen and get ready to go back to work?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is this a mother’s failure?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No it is a society’s failure to protect a new
mother and her baby by giving her paid leave.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There are many books, research literature, and people
knowledgeable about breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read
as much as you can, and find people who are supportive, and who will listen to
your particular needs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And don’t expect
one book or one piece of research or one person to be the only answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life is complex, keep searching and asking
questions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Find positive people in your
life, who recognize that there are a variety of ways to accomplish a goal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And what may be logical for one person is not
necessarily the truth for someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Peace and love.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Email me, if you
want more information on relactation or support for breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>valeriewmcclain@gmail.com</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>knowledge that is shared by women, that can’t
be put together by a bunch of surgeons or a bunch of male obstetricians,
because physiologically, birth doesn’t happen the same way around surgeons, medically
trained doctors, as it does around sympathetic women.”—Ina May Gaskin, midwife</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“When intervening becomes routine, meaning there is no
reason for it, only risks remain.”—Henci Goer, author of Obstetrical Myths vs. Research Realities<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Experiences have clearly shown that an approach which ‘de-medicalizes
birth, restores dignity and humanity to the process of childbirth, and returns
control to the mother is also the safest approach.”—Michel Odent, French obstetrician<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Today, May 5, is International Midwives Day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is a day to honor and thank midwives for their
world-wide contributions in creating supportive and safe birth environments for
mothers and babies. I feel enormous gratitude for the midwives, childbirth
instructors, and La Leche League leaders who shared their time and knowledge
with me so many years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They changed
my life. I felt the power of birth and breastfeeding because of their support. I
also feel gratitude for the many mothers who shared their births and breastfeeding
joys and challenges with me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While my
knowledge from books of birth and breastfeeding was helpful to me, it was the
mothers who taught me the most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
gradually learned to listen more and appreciate all the challenges many mothers
face during birth and breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
learned that babies have a lot to tell us, when you learn their ways of
communicating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their hand-to-fist
worried expressions signaling hunger, and their satiated, drunk-like smiles
after nursing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their need for
skin-to-skin touch and their angry cries, when deprived of their mothers' gentle presence
and touch. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mothers taught me that what I thought I knew about
breastfeeding wasn’t necessarily so.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some babies could nurse in the strangest positions, and mothers and
babies were fine despite the belief in set positions for breastfeeding espoused
by the newest research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I saw how a
mother’s birth influences whether breastfeeding succeeds to the satisfaction of
both a mother and her baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Birth and
breastfeeding is so intimately intertwined.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Birth either facilitates breastfeeding, or it makes it an obstacle
course in which mothers and babies must fight to jump over all the hurdles laid
in their path by their families, medical professionals, employment, or our
formula-feeding culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mothers need to feel safe in their environments to give
birth and to initiate breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Feeling
safe may vary from person to person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
know that I never felt safe in hospitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I believe that the reason for my ill-at-ease feelings in hospitals was
because my mother died of breast cancer when I was 14 years old.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had spent 2 years in and out of hospitals
(even the well-known cancer hospital, Sloan-Kettering Hospital in NY City could
not save her).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At that time, all I had
to do was walk in a hospital, and the smell and memories would flood my mind.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I fainted or almost passed out a number of
times in various hospitals for some 20 years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t faint anymore in hospitals, but I still am uneasy in hospitals,
and am distrustful of medical practices that easily disregard or disrespect
people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe I was a prime
candidate for a home birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I always
believed that if I had to go to the hospital for my births, I would end up with
a c-section.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I have enormous gratitude
for the midwives, childbirth instructors, and La Leche League leaders I have
known from our birth center; who formed such a wonderful community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With many thanks, and gratitude:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Maryann, Jeanne, Susan, Martha, Keri, Mimi,
Carol, and Karen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And in memory of Mary-Ann and Jan, who can only be with
us in spirit, but left us with warm thoughts of friendships, laughter, and dancing
to the tune of shared hopes and dreams for a better world of empowered, healthy
moms and healthy babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-79664875186327786872022-04-04T08:04:00.002-04:002022-04-04T08:31:38.659-04:00DANCING TO THE TUNE OF THE INTERNET<p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLgwLPyluF8izInFyQ8VIGhoaPi15DQt9oG51GKsf5qeTB6xbQu0qkUE1NYqQgp6pyMrMQqtsO0KEPUAIiGahgFaCtMs66s4kmOoYRaa4HN4vBCC8htOMRI5q1Ej6U1WKwsoSKxFoIIx2JAZOkA2rlT3ktf7BRiMxDXv_2ZxouxiYAhNOaQBc7q0H/s4000/011.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyLgwLPyluF8izInFyQ8VIGhoaPi15DQt9oG51GKsf5qeTB6xbQu0qkUE1NYqQgp6pyMrMQqtsO0KEPUAIiGahgFaCtMs66s4kmOoYRaa4HN4vBCC8htOMRI5q1Ej6U1WKwsoSKxFoIIx2JAZOkA2rlT3ktf7BRiMxDXv_2ZxouxiYAhNOaQBc7q0H/s320/011.JPG" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"And don't worry about the bits you can't understand. Sit back an allow the words to wash around you, like music." --Roald Dahl, "Matilda"</span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Are we dancing to the tune of the internet: slithering
snakes across my computer screen, falling facebook avocados splattering upon
the keyboard, baby anole’s tiktok adventure, palmetto bugs scrambling for likes,
and vultures on the edge of a meal?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are
we all just click bait to a world of smoke and mirrors?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Very likely. How about the story of the
Florida man who impregnated the alligator? Or the Florida politician who was
abducted by aliens and the crowds cheered?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Wait a minute, that’s not a true story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Confused?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not me I know click
bait, when I see it!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please don’t confuse
me with the facts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am just an ignorant
citizen living in a world of smoke and mirrors, pretending to be a writer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Well, it has been suggested to me that I should be
writing more about patents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So here
goes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some patents to contemplate,
served on platter of platitudes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Possibly served with a glass of left-over breastmilk?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or is it served on a side dish of boredom,
and full of grammar pancakes?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enjoy! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US Patent #11,191,293 owned by Nestec, S.A., Societe
des Produits Nestec,S.A. filed in 2016.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Nutritional
composition and infant formula for promoting myelination of the brain.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“In a recent study it was demonstrated that the brain
structure, in particular the amount and/or temporal-spatial distribution of
myelinated matter throughout the brain of the exclusively breastfed infants can
differ from infants fed infant formula, and that these differences can be
correlated with enhanced intelligence, learning, and/or cognitive functioning
in the breastfed infants, in particular in later life, even when confounding
factors are accounted for (“Breastfeeding and early white matter development: a
cross sectional study,” Deoni et al. NeuroImage 82 (2013), 77-86).”</span> <span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=2&f=G&l=50&s1=11191293,.PN.+11278047.PN.&OS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047&RS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=2&f=G&l=50&s1=11191293,.PN.+11278047.PN.&OS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047&RS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">An infant formula company proclaims in a US Patent that
exclusively breastfed infants have enhanced intelligence, learning and/or
cognitive functioning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The invention is
to include fatty acids like DHA and AA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
20 years ago Martek fatty acid oils (DHA and AA-genetically engineered) were
added to infant formulas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Has this
improved cognitive function of formula fed infants?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US Patent #11,278,047 owned by Nestec, S.A. filed in
2017</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Lipid
composition for use in infants and young children for promoting gut comfort and
optimal fat and calcium absorption”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Even many improvements in the nutrient composition of
IF [Infant Formula] have been made during the last decades, there are still
important differences in compositions as well as in functional benefits
conveyed by HM[Human Milk].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
particular, differenced are still observed in fat and calcium absorption as
well as in gastrointestinal tolerance between breast-fed (BF) and formula-fed
(FF) infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>FF infants have lower absorption
of both fat and Ca [Calcium] than BF infants.” <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11191293,.PN.+11278047.PN.&OS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047&RS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11191293,.PN.+11278047.PN.&OS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047&RS=PN/11191293,+OR+PN/11278047</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Someone has to explain to me the reasoning behind
fortification of preterm infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Scientists
have believed for many years that there isn’t enough fat or calcium in
breastmilk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But a formula company has
several patents stating that formula-fed infants have lower absorption of
calcium and fat than breast-fed infants. Is it possible that the earlier
research on breastmilk was only measuring amounts of calcium and fat and not
what was absorbed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or has an infant
formula company paid for inaccurate science and patents?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">US Patent #11,260,088 owned by Abbott Laboratories
filed in 2018</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Title:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Methods
for increasing growth of beneficial bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breastfeeding has been associated with enhanced
development and balanced growth and maturation of the infant’s biological
systems, including the gastrointestinal system, thereby providing protection of
the infant to infections and other gut-related conditions and diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among other components, breastmilk includes
human milk oligosaccharides that not only act as pathogen receptor analogues,
but activate immune factors by infant intestinal epithelial cells and/or
associated immune cell population.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11260088.PN.&OS=PN/11260088&RS=PN/11260088">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11260088.PN.&OS=PN/11260088&RS=PN/11260088</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It appears to me that Abbott’s US patent of using their
HMOs (Human Milk Oligosaccharides) is not working well enough to suppress pathogens
like Cronobacter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But who am I to say
such things?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess we should just applaud
Abbott’s belief in breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Watching
the dance of the sugar plum fairies in the fields of never-never land,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]--> <br /></span></span></span></span></span></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-71924567562700713372022-03-29T09:51:00.001-04:002022-03-29T22:28:40.947-04:00CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER, POWDERED INFANT FORMULA, & CRONOBACTER<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftW75USLZYGazu6XYWM0qsnJjOx89Y1yirC4z3xNCY54LvaRyZVPPkyBvzBog8UjUxYkaG_tv1gDy7Fpo80wADI5jnjP6arvprTM4fabgVqch6uC__C7U_AVvbV9XfkwLavvolpmz3VGiV7xIAaStWpkrxA35TqDaumi78qOjSpzsK83gzPiDQaje/s4000/009.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhftW75USLZYGazu6XYWM0qsnJjOx89Y1yirC4z3xNCY54LvaRyZVPPkyBvzBog8UjUxYkaG_tv1gDy7Fpo80wADI5jnjP6arvprTM4fabgVqch6uC__C7U_AVvbV9XfkwLavvolpmz3VGiV7xIAaStWpkrxA35TqDaumi78qOjSpzsK83gzPiDQaje/s320/009.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Today, waterborne illnesses due to pathogens in
drinking water are endemic in the U.S., numbering 19.5 million cases annually,
according to Kelly Reynolds at the University of Arizona.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>EPA epidemiologist Stephanie DeFlorio-Barker
reported that 90 million illnesses were caused by recreational waters, many of
which are also drinking water sources.” Dated December 29, 2021 <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/congress-must-reform-the-safe-drinking-water-act-to-guarantee-the-public-right-to-know/ar-AASfNAC">https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/congress-must-reform-the-safe-drinking-water-act-to-guarantee-the-public-right-to-know/ar-AASfNAC</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">"Among
drinking water samples the presence of pathogenic bacteria (88%) is alarming
for public health authorities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
emergence of resistance and decreasing level of susceptibility of pathogens to
a wide spectrum of antimicrobials is a matter of great concern, because it may
limit the availability of antimicrobials for clinical management of water born
outbreaks in future.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Pathogens from
Drinking Water,” Quetta, Pakistan 2014 </span><a href="https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Professional_Med_J_Q/Professional_Med_J_Q_2014_21_4_760_765.pdf" target="_blank"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">https://applications.emro.who.int/imemrf/Professional_Med_J_Q/Professional_Med_J_Q_2014_21_4_760_765.pdf</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">Back
in the 1970’s friends of mine moved to New Orleans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After living there for a few months they
wondered why everyone they met drank bottled water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some point they asked someone why they didn’t
drink the tap water in New Orleans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
explained that the tap water was from the surface water of the Mississippi
River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Orleans sits at the mouth of the
River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Up and down the River are many
chemical plants, agriculture and pesticide industries. Barges and boats carry
many consumer goods, and they have at times had oil spills on the River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The main concern was about the cancer causing
chemicals in the River contaminating the drinking water. But they also
explained that the tap water tasted awful. [According to the records regarding
the tap water in New Orleans, there have been no violations of the Safe
Drinking Water Act for the last few years. [Safe Drinking Water Act <a href="https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-safe-drinking-water-act">https://www.epa.gov/laws-regulations/summary-safe-drinking-water-act</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I
suppose that situation described by my friends to me in the seventies made me
more aware of some of the contamination issues of municipal water systems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the 1980’s I bought 5-gallon water
bottles rather than drink tap water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back
then the 5-gallon water bottles were glass, and too heavy for me to carry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t remember when those 5-gallon glass water
bottles became plastic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I do remember
the change in taste.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The water tasted
like plastic, particularly if they sat out too long in the Florida heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">I
never thought about possible pathogens in water, my concern at that time was
about cancer-causing chemicals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
after doing a search for articles on safe drinking water for this post, I now find
myself concerned about the varied media statements regarding the safety of US drinking
water, particularly in relationship to the safe preparation of powdered infant
formula and the pathogen Cronobacter sakazakii.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One article I read quoted Professor Andrew J. Whelton, PhD of Purdue
University that water from the tapwater delivered to buildings is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not sterile. </b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.insider.com/the-difference-between-purified-distilled-and-tap-water">https://www.insider.com/the-difference-between-purified-distilled-and-tap-water</a></span>
</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We know that powdered infant formula is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not sterile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b>Is the pathogen, Cronobacter sakazakii
found in water?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, “Cronobacter
sakazakii also known as Enterobacter sakazakii exists widely in our natural
environment;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>such as water, soil, plant
roots, animal intestines, and even processed foods. The vitality of
Enterobacter sakazakii is very tenacious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It is resistant to cold, heat drying, acid and alkali, osmotic pressure,
and ultraviolet rays.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It also has strong
resistance to some disinfectants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if
it is under adverse conditions, it will secrete adhesive polysaccharide
[biofilms] to protect itself.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, “It
can still survive when the milk powder is brewed with water below 70°C.” <a href="https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2022-03-03-cronobacter-was-found-in-milk-powder--can-i-still-drink-it-.Sy-fTPoTeq.html">https://www.tellerreport.com/news/2022-03-03-cronobacter-was-found-in-milk-powder--can-i-still-drink-it-.Sy-fTPoTeq.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Do we test for Cronobacter sakazakii in municipal water
systems?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not specifically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cronobacter sakazakii is considered “a yellow
pigmented coliform.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>United States municipal
water systems test for “total coliform.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Total coliform is used as an indicator of bacterial contamination in
the drinking water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the total
coliform is too high, communities will get a boil water advisory alert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my small city in the last couple of
months, we have had 3 boil water advisories for different parts of the
city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to some papers I read, it
is suppose to be rare to get a boil water advisory.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not too rare this year in my city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;">“In
the US there are 12-18m [million] cases of human water-borne diseases a
year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In developing countries it is
possible that one in three hospital cases may be due to contamination of water.”
–Professor Joan Rose, microbiologist quoted in the Guardian<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/cleaning-the-worlds-water-we-are-now-more-polluted-than-we-have-ever-been">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/aug/31/cleaning-the-worlds-water-we-are-now-more-polluted-than-we-have-ever-been</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Meanwhile, the CDC states, “The United States has one
of the safest public drinking water supplies in the world.”—The CDC<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/public/water_diseases.html">https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/drinking/public/water_diseases.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
regulates public drinking water. The US FDA regulates bottled water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Bottled water has its contamination issues,
too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yahoo News had an article entitled,
“The FDA Knew the Bottled Water Was Contaminated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Public Didn’t.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/fda-knew-bottled-water-contaminated-150410025.html">https://news.yahoo.com/fda-knew-bottled-water-contaminated-150410025.html</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well water that serves less than 25 people is
not regulated.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In my previous post I wrote about 6 different
instructions on the safe preparation of powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Mayo Clinic on their website gives us another
different instruction on safe preparation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-scandal-of-cronobacter.html">https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2022/03/the-scandal-of-cronobacter.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The instructions are longer than what I am quoting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am focusing on the water preparation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">‘You can use any type of clean water—tap or bottled—to prepare
liquid-concentrate or powdered formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If you’re concerned about the purity of your water supply, talk to your
baby’s doctor or your water provider.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many public water systems will test drinking water upon request.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you use well water, boil it for about one
minute and cool it to body temperature, 98.6°F (37°C) Measure the water after
boiling it.” <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/infant-formula/art-20045791">https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/in-depth/infant-formula/art-20045791
</a></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The instructions base their information on the belief
that public water systems in the United States are the best in the world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Therefore there appears to be little concern
about the possibility of pathogens in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The quality of municipal drinking water is
dependent on where you live in your community, your plumbing, the season, and
even what room your tap is located.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
in Florida in the summer months the cold water tap is not cold but lukewarm due
to the pipes being very warm in the ground. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Contamination of drinking water has other concerns
besides pathogens in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is
concerns about lead levels in water, particularly for people who live in older
homes or apartment buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know that
boiling for longer than a minute (longer for higher elevations) concentrates
lead in the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>PFAS chemicals, will
also concentrate in water when boiled too long.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nitrates are another contamination issue in
areas that reside near agricultural areas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A antimicrobial testing company lists the pathogens of concern in
drinking water:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>E. coli, Campylobacter,
Jejune, Hepatitis A, Giardia lamblia, Salmonella, Legionella pneumophilia, Cryptosporidum
(a protozoa that chlorine cannot kill).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Other concerns are pharmaceutical contamination and uranium in drinking
water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Filtration of tap water is often suggested as a back-up
plan for concerns about the safety of drinking water from the tap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But good filters can be costly and must be
replaced at certain intervals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is low
income communities who are disproportionally impacted by contamination of their
drinking water. There is a need to lower the risk of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exclusive breastfeeding should be the
answer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But as long as governmental agencies
are unwilling to require all states to report Cronobacter sakazakii infections,
and not test for Cronobacter sakazakii in water systems, babies will continue
to get sick and some will die.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022. Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-27742370977607240362022-03-16T04:49:00.005-04:002022-03-16T05:14:36.272-04:00THE SCANDAL OF CRONOBACTER CONTAMINATION OF INFANT FORMULA<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMf882CFttrt1E1Nb_2v1dWmu_4rUW50g_u35GbazUb3YfzAayv2ylOJRibjC9keOah0DRmK_I5LO-qcYOolzOHOFoPA5ZrF5s05Ctj9bUEtv3EbmXIPthj_XCcfpCYbsGq-Gj2bvHYisWcQuexgYu1xRpiHAYGt9qua07_QN4Fz0nScBitOV4dIkI=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMf882CFttrt1E1Nb_2v1dWmu_4rUW50g_u35GbazUb3YfzAayv2ylOJRibjC9keOah0DRmK_I5LO-qcYOolzOHOFoPA5ZrF5s05Ctj9bUEtv3EbmXIPthj_XCcfpCYbsGq-Gj2bvHYisWcQuexgYu1xRpiHAYGt9qua07_QN4Fz0nScBitOV4dIkI=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Whose responsibility is it to control the advertising,
marketing and promotional activities which may create a market in spite of
health considerations?” Senator Edward Kennedy’s opening speech at the 1978
Senate Hearing—The Politics of Breastfeeding by Gabrielle Palmer pg.253</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">BACKGROUND</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The scandal of contaminated powdered infant formula is
that it maims and kills infants. What other product on the market can get away
with a periodic wave of <span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">hospitalizations and deaths</span></span> of infants, and still be in
business? The intrinsic contamination of powdered infant formula is understood
by most scientists, some attorneys, and ignored by governmental regulators; but
parents of infants that are maimed or dead are blindsided by the revelation
that formula is risky.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Parents believe
that a product manufactured for infants must be safe, particularly since one
can buy it in the grocery store.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John J. Farmer III, who was employed by the CDC for
many years, and in 1980 proposed the name, Enterobacter sakazakii (now named
Cronobacter) stated in his 2015 paper, “My 40 year history with
Cronobacter//Enterobacter sakazakii-Lessons Learned, Myths Debunked and
Recommendations,” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“The powdered infant formula industry still cannot
produce powdered formula that is free of bacterial contamination with
Cronobacter, other Enterobacteriaceae [Salmonella is in this same Family],
other pathogenic bacteria, and other microorganisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Until this happens, infants and others will
be at risk of becoming infected when they ingest contaminated formula.”</span> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662064/%20"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662064/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of Farmer’s listed recommendations <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to the US Government was that Cronobacter
infection should be a reportable disease, and that the only state in the US
that has made it a reportable disease is Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Seven years later the situation in the US is
that Minnesota is still the only state in the US that reports Cronobacter
infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">So should we be surprised that it took the FDA 5 months
from early September 2021 until mid February 2022 to have Abbott recall certain
infant formulas manufactured in Sturgis, Michigan? Or that some time before the
recall, Cronobacter contamination caused the Sturgis, Michigan manufacturing
plant to destroy product without alerting authorities. A Politico article
stated, “Inspectors found Cronobacter sakazakii in several environmental
samples taken at the plant, FDA said.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They also found records suggesting the company had been finding the
bacteria in the plant and had destroyed product because of the issue, according
to the agency.”</span> <span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fda.gov/consumers/powdered-infant-formula-recall-what-know"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.fda.gov/consumers/powdered-infant-formula-recall-what-know</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/05/formula-recall-fda-abbott-nutrition-00014413">https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/05/formula-recall-fda-abbott-nutrition-00014413</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Powdered
infant formula is not sterile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">According to a 2015 research paper, “Cronobacter
sakazakii grows rapidly in reconstituted PIF [Powdered Infant Formula],
especially at 35°C [95°F].” </span><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00072/full"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2015.00072/full</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The conclusion of a paper in 2009 in the Journal of
Applied Microbiology states, “The heat resistance of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i> should not allow the survival of the pathogen during
normal pasteurization treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The use
of hot water (≥70°C) [≥158°F] during reconstitution appears to be an effective
means to reduce the risk of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Cronobacter</i>
in these products.” </span><a href="https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04271.x"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04271.x</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A more recent paper in 2019 in Microorganisma titled,
“Outbreak History, Biofilm Formation, and Preventative Measures for Control of
Cronobacter sakazakii in Infant Formula and Infant Care Settings,” states, “The
study concluded that to fully inactivate a heat-resistant strain of C.
sakazakii, temperatures of 70°C [158°F] or greater are needed.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is an important point and is omitted in
the FDA website regarding safe preparation of infant formula. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">IF
ALL ELSE FAILS, READ THE DIRECTIONS, UNLESS THE DIRECTIONS ARE CONFUSING OR
WRONG!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">My personal motto has been the, “if all else fails,
read the directions.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sometimes that
works, and I never have to read the directions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But sometimes I read the directions after what I am putting together
doesn’t work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The end result is that I
have wasted a lot of time, and maybe the object I am putting together doesn’t
look so good after redoing and redoing it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sometimes I throw out the directions, because they are so
incomprehensible. I have replaced and put together ceiling fans, replaced
shut-off valves to my toilet—and I didn’t read the directions and only had a
minor flood on my bathroom floor!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have
seen directions put in a number of languages, and the English was as
incomprehensible as the languages I did not know.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the consequences of preparing powdered
infant formula incorrectly may result in sickness and death for a infant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For the parent it can mean heartache,
depression, time taken away from employment, and massive hospitalization and
medical bills. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I decided since the preparation of powdered infant
formula is so critical, that I would look at instructions given by three infant
formula companies, the FDA, CDC, and WHO.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I chose Abbott infant formula company, and Nestle Canada<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and in US Nestle is called Gerber and their
instructions are slightly different than Nestle Canada- with Canada
recommending 2 minute boil time of water versus US 1 minute boil time) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">ABBOTT</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Ask your baby’s doctor if you need to use cooled,
boiled water for mixing and if you need to boil (sterilize bottles, nipples,
and rings before use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you choose to
boil, follow these steps: 1.Bring water to a rolling boil for 1 minute then
turn off the heat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Overboiling can
increase the concentration of impurities.” [lead is one of those impurities and
does concentrate with boiling]<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2. Let
the water cool to room temperatures before adding formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Making formula with boiling water can cause
clumping and decrease the nutrient value.”</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.similac.com/baby-feeding/formula-guide/how-to-make-a-bottle.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.similac.com/baby-feeding/formula-guide/how-to-make-a-bottle.html</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">NESTLE
CANADA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">First of all the Nestle Canada website states the need
to consult the directions on the can/package of powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then water to mix with powdered must be
boiled for 2 minutes and then cooled to room or body temperature 37°C. [98.6°F]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">GERBER
USA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ask your health care provider if you
should use tap, sterilized, or bottled water that’s designed for mixing with
infant formula. Before using tap water, run cold water for at least 30 seconds.</span></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you choose to sterilize water, bring it to a rolling
boil for one minute and let it cool fully before preparing the bottle.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well water should be tested regularly, and often
bottled water is the best alternative.</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If using bottled water, we recommend mixing formula
with infant water that is fluoride-free. GERBER® Pure® purified water* is
a fluoride-free choice specially designed for mixing with infant formula.</span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">John J Farmer stated, “Always boil the water used in
preparing formula, even if it is distilled or bottled water.”</span> <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662064/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4662064/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Some parents are under the mistaken impression that
using bottled water, means that they do not have to boil it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pathogens have been found in bottled
water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gerber has a purified water to be
used with mixing formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is their
expensive bottled water pathogen free?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
don’t know the answer to that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Boiling
water inactivates viruses, bacteria, protozoa, and other pathogens.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
FDA’S WEBSITE ON PREPARING INFANT FORMULA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The safety precautions of preparing infant formula on
the FDA website, as well as their short video, seemed very concerned about
homemade formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they do state
that in preparing powdered infant formula “use water from a safe source,” and,
“if not safe use bottled water.” No real explanation of the need to boil water
or boil bottled water. The video states that the parent should call their
health department to determine whether their water is safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing is on the video about boiling water
for use with powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/infant-formula-safety-dos-and-donts"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/infant-formula-safety-dos-and-donts</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
CDC’S WEBSITE ON PREPARING INFANT FORMULA</span></b></p>
<ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Use water
from a safe source to mix your infant formula. If you are not sure if your
tap water is safe to use for preparing infant formula, contact your <a href="https://www.naccho.org/membership/lhd-directory">local health
department<span class="sr-only"><span style="color: blue;">external icon</span></span></a>.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">Use the
amount of water listed on the instructions of the infant formula
container. Always measure the water first and then add the powder. </li><ul type="circle"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Too
much water may not meet the nutritional needs of your baby.</li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 1.0in;">Too
little water may cause your baby’s kidneys and digestive system to work
too hard and may cause your baby to become dehydrated.</li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;">If your
baby is very young (younger than 3 months old), was born prematurely, or
has a weakened immune system, you may want to take extra precautions in
preparing your infant’s formula to protect against <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/cronobacter/infection-and-infants.html"><i><span face=""Calibri","sans-serif"" style="color: blue; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Cronobacter</span></i></a>
(see box). “</li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/InfantandToddlerNutrition/formula-feeding/infant-formula-preparation-and-storage.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.cdc.gov/nutrition/InfantandToddlerNutrition/formula-feeding/infant-formula-preparation-and-storage.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The CDC website is similar to the FDA website, but more
informative. If the parent clicks on Cronobacter, they do get better
information, and the need to not let the water temperature go below
70°C/158°F.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They also include a link to
the WHO pamphlet on safe preparation of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the parent has to click on the
Cronobacter link in order to get that information.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">CLEANING
& SANITIZING BREAST PUMP PARTS BECAUSE OF CRONOBACTER?</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The CDC website also states the need to clean, sanitize
and store breast pump parts. I am supportive of cleaning and sanitizing breast
pump parts, but what does this have to do with the intrinsic contamination of Cronobacter
in powdered infant formula? We seem to have picked up the belief or is the CDC
implying that breastmilk is contaminated with Cronobacter?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastmilk is a liquid, not a powdered form
of milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The research on Cronobacter has
stated that powdered infant formula is associated with various dangerous
infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do have Human Milk
Fortifiers manufactured by Abbott, but they are cow’s milk-based additives used
to add calories, vitamins, and minerals to the breastmilk of premature babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What is notable is that the page on cleaning, and
sanitizing breast pump parts is very long and detailed unlike the information
given to formula feeding mothers on cleaning and sanitizing bottle- feeding
equipment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In sanitizing breast pump
parts, the CDC states boil for 5 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But we know from reading CDC instructions on a different website on use
of boiling water for bottle-feeding equipment, that boiling for over a minute
is not recommended due to the concentration of impurities. </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/hygiene/healthychildcare/infantfeeding/breastpump.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.cdc.gov/healthywater/hygiene/healthychildcare/infantfeeding/breastpump.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">MEDELA’S
HOW TO CLEAN YOUR BREAST PUMP</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Medela breast pump company states sanitize once a
day after cleaning, boiling parts for 10 minutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.medela.us/breastfeeding/articles/how-to-clean-your-breast-pump-and-accessories"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.medela.us/breastfeeding/articles/how-to-clean-your-breast-pump-and-accessories</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The CDC on a different website states boiling water for
just one minute, to eliminate the concentration of lead and nitrates. </span><a href="https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/training/page2419.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/emes/training/page2419.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">THE
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) PAMPHLET ON PREPARING POWDERED INFANT FORMULA</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The best information out there right now is still the
WHO pamphlet on preparing powdered infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number of research papers recommend this
pamphlet. While it is dated 2007, it is still relevant and clearly written. They
do call the pathogen we now call Cronobacter, Enterobacter sakazakii. </span><a href="https://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/PIF_Care_en.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.who.int/foodsafety/publications/micro/PIF_Care_en.pdf</a>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">They recommend that water used to prepare powdered
infant formula be no less than 70°C (no less than 158°F) The other websites on
powdered infant formula preparation have a lot of flaws, particularly the
Abbott website which makes it a choice for mothers to boil the water or not. The
FDA website is poor and it is surprising that a governmental organization seems
more concerned about homemade infant formula (it is concerning but not as much
as infant formula contamination which impacts a lot of babies here in the US as
well as world-wide).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CDC is a better
website but I have a lot of questions regarding Cronobacter contamination of
breast pumps. Sanitizing plastic pump parts daily (boiling for 10 minutes
recommended by Medela) seems relevant to anyone with a hospitalized
infant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it would seem that the
boiling for lengthy times would degrade the plastic over time and parts would
have to be replaced more often.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Degradation of plastic might result in an infant ingesting microplastic
pieces as well as other issues such as lead contamination. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The
2017 LACTALIS INFANT FORMULA CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Cronobacter/Enterobacter sakazakii contamination of
powdered infant formula has been evident for decades. But powdered infant
formula has been contaminated with other organisms such as Salmonella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Like Cronobacter, Salmonella is associated
with a variety of illness in babies, particularly affecting premature and
newborn infants. Some babies do die and some are brain damaged, and some
survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 2017 there was a Salmonella contamination
of infant formula manufactured by a French company, Lactalis. Twelve million
boxes of powdered infant formula were recalled. I am sure that few people in
the US have read about it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I don’t
remember it being in the news. That was 4-5 years ago, and we continue to have
world-wide<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>contamination issues of
powdered infant formula. It adds up to a lot of babies all over the world made
sick by pathogens in their baby formulas. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And some of those babies do not survive. </span><a href="http://www.babymilkaction.org/archives/15630"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">http://www.babymilkaction.org/archives/15630</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/lactalis-baby-milk-salmonella-scandal-affects-83-countries-ceo-says"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/14/lactalis-baby-milk-salmonella-scandal-affects-83-countries-ceo-says</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">EXTRINSIC
CONTAMINATION OF BREAST PUMP EQUIPMENT WITH CRONOBACTER</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I did find some research papers that appeared to show
that breast pump equipment has been contaminated with Cronobacter. Most of the
babies were premature, and Cronobacter was found on personal pump equipment not
hospital pump equipment, and since the pumps were contaminated the breastmilk
became contaminated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of those
babies died and some were very sick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They called it extrinsic contamination, because the contamination came
from outside the product rather than from the product itself. Hospitals are
notorious reservoirs of many pathogens, medical personnel can carry pathogens
from one patient to another, if they don’t follow prevention of infection
protocols.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Patients and parents can pick
up pathogens from being in the hospital environment. Mothers who pump to
provide breastmilk for their very vulnerable premature infants appear in these
studies to transfer Cronobacter from their breast pumps.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet there was no discussion on how the
bacteria got from the mother to the pump without the mother being infected. In
these studies it was the mother’s failure to sanitize her pump, that caused her
baby to be infected.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But is it the
mother’s failure or is it a failure of the hospital to train their personnel on
teaching patients about sanitizing any pump they use?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a person picks up a pathogen in the
hospital, might that person sue the hospital? Is there more motivation to
perceive the situation as the mother’s fault?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I only read 4 research papers (there are more than 4
papers) on this issue of pump equipment transferring Cronobacter to
babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the babies were preterm
babies, and 3 of the 4 research papers blamed the contamination on the mother’s
personal pump not being sanitized. Each research paper that I read was on one
baby. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CDC had this paper up on their
website. </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a5.htm%23contribAff">https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6628a5.htm#contribAff</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The above CDC paper stated that “…microorganisms can
multiply rapidly in expressed human milk,” cited (footnote 4) to a study done
by the Ross (Abbott Nutrition now) Preterm Lipid Study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My understanding, when I was an active IBCLC
(now retired) has been that expressed human milk had components that inactivate
many microorganisms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Citing to a study
done by a infant formula company (particularly now since it is Abbott infant
formulas this year that have been contaminated with Cronobacter) seems to bring
a level of bias into the CDC study.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The LLLI Breastfeeding Answer Book 1997 (pg
188) revised edition states, “Recent research indicates that human milk has
previously unrecognized properties that protect it from bacterial
contamination.” Has this understanding changed? With all the US patenting of
human milk components by the infant formula industry and using human milk
bacteria (genetically engineered) for probiotics owned by supplement companies,
it seems highly unlikely that research has changed regarding the inactivation
properties of human milk against bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. Is it
the hospitals fault?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or is it the
mother’s fault?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who do we believe when
push comes to shove?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we seeing
evidence in these research papers?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">CONCLUSIONS</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In a study done in 2019 in Microorganisms called,
“Outbreak History, Biofilm Formation and Preventative Measures for Control of
Cronobacter sakazakii in Infant Formula and Infant Care Settings,” they state, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Despite demonstrated health benefits [breastfeeding], and
although a low rate of breastfeeding adds as high as $2.2 billion a year to
medical costs in the United States, according to Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention, most hospitals do not fully support breastfeeding.” </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463179"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6463179</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In a paper written in 2008 to the journal Surgical
Infections titled, “Enterobacter sakazakii:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>An Emerging Pathogen in Infants and Neonates,” the author states,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Because of the ubiquitous nature of ES [Enterobacter
sakazakii now named Cronobacter] and the mystery surrounding its pathogenesis,
preventative measures by parents, infant formula manufacturers, and health care
providers will be important in the prevention of ES-related infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We recommend a focus on simple preventative
strategies such as the promotion of breast milk feeding [Valerie McClain
believes the correct word would be breastfeeding not breast milk feeding].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inclusion of warnings on powdered infant
formula packages that they may be contaminated with ES, and abstinence from the
practice of re-warming of reconstituted formula.” </span><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18687047/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18687047/</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It seems so simple, just promote breastfeeding and/or
breastmilk feeding!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet we have an
industry that makes billions of US dollars a year, and easily hires promoters
of infant formula feeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Remember the
Similac Ad (the Mommy Wars) on the internet that many people thought was a cute
movie clip? Even when at the end it showed the word, Similac (the word was
derived from the words, Similar to Lactation), people still refused to believe
it was an advertisement. Remember the Fearless Formula Feeder?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She eventually got hired by AbbieVie, a
spin-off company of Abbott.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She told
mothers to collect infant formula coupons and used Similac infant formula
coupons as an example. She suggested that mothers leave those coupons at
stores.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not much of a surprise to learn
that she had been hired by AbbieVie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How
does one compete against the advertising budgets of the infant formula
industry? How about the researchers who get paid to do
studies that benefit the infant formula industry?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Will government regulation ever happen?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a need to pressure our representatives in the
US Senate and House of Representatives to have an investigation into this issue
and to make Cronobacter infection a reportable disease in every state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When infant feeding choice becomes a death
sentence for some babies, maybe we need to revisit the need for legislation to
regulate advertising and promotion of infant formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe we ought to actually enforce the WHO
Code of marketing breast milk substitutes (which was signed by President
Clinton in 1994) by creating legislation that saves babies and mothers?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></span></span>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-74659257014457898902022-03-01T08:14:00.005-05:002022-03-01T09:41:00.249-05:00DEATH, SADNESS AND TEARS; CRONOBACTER AND INFANT FORMULA<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRj3pk91D0mphUniP_ez9HqGvtDMlbhPWoDSslUb98txQLXZPCQ40iGealH0qqx0aStfT6uAtZnxCIDEs9Tzxbmie4Wpcbgrdeeq_3HmT5_cHNqhmPtcDsHUAz_lKQePFQnDVN4-KMMcr8Y_44YuiLizoc5OMQkHxLGWLAUWkQ6MnYe9xYZYMdWB_L=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRj3pk91D0mphUniP_ez9HqGvtDMlbhPWoDSslUb98txQLXZPCQ40iGealH0qqx0aStfT6uAtZnxCIDEs9Tzxbmie4Wpcbgrdeeq_3HmT5_cHNqhmPtcDsHUAz_lKQePFQnDVN4-KMMcr8Y_44YuiLizoc5OMQkHxLGWLAUWkQ6MnYe9xYZYMdWB_L=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> "As subjects of research, breastfeeding and breastmilk have attracted much attention during recent decades, yet as academic careers thrive on discoveries of how breastfeeding works and what breastmilk contains, women and their babies are still prevented from fulfilling this unique relationship. As knowledge about breastfeeding increases, so do global sales of artificial milks and feeding bottles." by Gabrielle Palmer, The Politics of Breastfeeding, 2009 pg1.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A second US baby died from Cronobacter infection caused
by Abbott’s infant formula. So far this makes 5 babies exposed to pathogens (4
cases Cronobacter, 1 case Salmonella) from Abbott Lab’s infant formulas. The
following video news clip mentions that some moms have been seeking donor milk
from milk banks due to the difficulty of obtaining infant formula from stores.
No one mentions that mothers might want to consider relactation (reintroducing
lactation).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having relactated with my
first baby, it is an option mothers might not be aware of and might want to consider.
<a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/abbott-recalls-more-similac-formula/507-dd8aac3e-7c7b-4c49-963e-52e290ba71f2">https://www.khou.com/article/news/nation-world/abbott-recalls-more-similac-formula/507-dd8aac3e-7c7b-4c49-963e-52e290ba71f2</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2002 the FDA notified Health Care Professionals that
milk-based powdered infant formula was the source of Enterobacter sakazakii
(now called Cronobacter) infections. So officially we have known for 20 years
that powdered infant formula is a risk for Cronobacter infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet only one state in the US is required to
report Cronobacter infections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many
babies must die, be injured, and/or hospitalized before all states are required
to report this deadly infection? Where is the support for breastfeeding not
just pumping breastmilk? How about maternity and family leave so that mothers
can get breastfeeding off to a good start?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Although the
natural habitat of E. sakazakii [now called Cronobacter] is unknown, milk-based,
powdered infant formula has been epidemiologically identified as the source of
E. sakazakii infections, as was reported in an alert issued to United States
Health Care Professionals by the United States Food and Drug Administration
(USFDA) in April 2002. In addition to powdered milk-based formulas, powdered
human milk fortifiers may also pose a hazard.” US Patent #7749724, entitled,”Flurogenic
selective and differential medium for isolation of Enterobacter sakazakii,
filed in 2006, assigned to Washington State University</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Research has
shown that the sources of Cronobacter spp. Contamination are mainly from these
areas.” US Patent #10743544, entitled, “Method for inactivating Cronobacter
sakazakii,” assigned to the Northeast Agricultural University of Harbin
China.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The three areas are “hospitals,
powdered infant formula, and the natural environment (soil, sewer, plant roots,
and animal excrement).”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">If an infant formula factory has contamination of
Cronobacter and Salmonella within its facilities, isn’t it possible that it
will not be just powdered infant formula that needs to be recalled, but also
liquid formulas produced in the same contaminated environment?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“[0016]It has been unexpectedly found that stable,
concentrated liquid human milk fortifiers and concentrated liquid nutritional
compositions can advantageously be prepared with a low water activity and/or
low pH level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The low water activity for
example, a water activity of less than 0.90 and/or low pH, for example, a pH
within the range of 4.6 to 6.5, of the liquid can reduce or even inhibit
bacterial growth in the liquid such as Cronobacter sakazakii, preventing food
spoilage.” US Patent Application #20140370153, filed in 2012, assigned to
Abbott Labs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The result of Cronobacter infections on infants can be sepsis,
necrotizing entercolitis (NEC), or neonatal meningitis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exclusive breastfeeding lowers the risk of
all 3 sometimes fatal illnesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
researchers continue to repeat how rare Cronobacter is; this cannot be known,
when only one state in the US is required to report this infection.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“E. sakazakii [now named Cronobacter] is a rare, but
life threatening cause of sepsis, necrotizing entercolitis [NEC], and neonatal meningitis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In general, the case-fatality rate varies
from 40-80% among newborns diagnosed with this type of severe infections.” US
Patent #7749724, “Flurogenic selective and differential medium for isolation of
Enterobacter sakazakii, filed in 2006, assigned to Washington State University</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“However, despite improvements in formula compositions
over the past 10-15 years, formula-fed infants are still at a 6- to 10-fold
higher risk than breast-fed infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
data suggest that human milk contains something else that is missing in
formula<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and protects breast-fed infants
from NEC [Necrotising Enterocolitis].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Identifying the protective component in human milk as well as its
mechanisms of action would pave the way for the development of desperately
needed additional options to treat and maybe even prevent this devastating disorder.”
US patent #9675649, entitled, “Disialyllacto-N-tetraose (DSLNT) or varients,
isomers, analogs and derivatives thereof to prevent or inhibit bowel disease,”
Lars Bode-inventor, assigned to The Regents of the University of California,
filed in 2012</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“In a large
prospective multicenter study of 926 infants 51 infants (5.5%) developed
NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mortality rate was 26%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In exclusively formula-fed infants, the
incidence was 6 to 10 times more common then in those who received human milk
exclusively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In those who received human
milk and formula, it was three times more common than in the exclusively
breastfed group…The comparison was more dramatic at more than 30 weeks’
gestation, when formula-fed infants were 20 times more apt to develop NEC than
human milk-fed infants.” Lawrence et al., Ninth Edition Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Guide for the Medical Profession, 2022
pg.531-532.</span>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“It was concluded that human milk feeding is associated
with a significantly decreased incidence of nosocomially [from the hospital] acquired
sepsis…” Lawrence et al., Ninth Edition Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A guide for the Medical Profession, 2022 pg.532</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Breastfed infants rarely have bacterial infections of
any kind, especially bacterial meningitis (Cochi et al., 1986; Fallot, 1980;
Istre et al., 1985; Leventhal, 1986).” 2<sup>nd</sup> Edition Breastfeeding and
Human Lactation, Riordan & Auerbach, 1999, pg.641</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Infant formula is a mass-produced, manufactured, artificial
food.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has its risks. Are they acceptable
risks? Do parents understand the risks? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Copyright Valerie W McClain, 2022</span>
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<![endif]-->Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-43657970737673522042022-02-22T09:34:00.004-05:002022-02-22T09:44:10.048-05:00INFANT FORMULA RECALL DUE TO CONTAMINATION FROM CRONOBACTER AND SALMONELLA<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC3IOTX-F2LFNj9EyFbEp6yHvWnD13g-hw7gxxSGk55nzfWodd-MC4Uq-y1ZFMdeOTmDZdJeE86m-f-B6M5c85fb2wwJA9_O4j3KOXHEf0eiAxoGF5IeoFGxa7FBWO4szm_RnsvoZvqGKrGyLkUkt6NbpgEgHSPc9Fbe_lLg_8RDW8mYJ5lrKtz1SG=s4000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC3IOTX-F2LFNj9EyFbEp6yHvWnD13g-hw7gxxSGk55nzfWodd-MC4Uq-y1ZFMdeOTmDZdJeE86m-f-B6M5c85fb2wwJA9_O4j3KOXHEf0eiAxoGF5IeoFGxa7FBWO4szm_RnsvoZvqGKrGyLkUkt6NbpgEgHSPc9Fbe_lLg_8RDW8mYJ5lrKtz1SG=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Because of the ubiquitous nature of ES [Enterobacter
sakazakii now known as a Cronobacter species] and the mystery surrounding its
pathogenesis, preventive measures by parents, infant formula manufacturers, and
health care providers will be important in the prevention of ES-related
infections. We recommend a focus on simple preventative strategies such as the
promotion of breast milk feeding , inclusion of warnings on powdered infant
formula packages that they may be contaminated with ES, and abstinence from the
practice of re-warming of reconstituted formula.”—“Enterobacter sakazakii:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An Emerging Pathogen in Infants and Neonates,”
by Catherin J. Hunter et al, Surgical Infections, 2008. doi: <a href="http://10.1089/sur2008.006">10.1089/sur2008.006</a><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Fast forward to 2022 and the announcement by the FDA
that 4 infants were hospitalized and one died. Three babies were infected with
Cronobacter and one with Salmonella.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
sick babies were from Minnesota, Ohio, and Texas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The suspected product was Abbott formulas
(Similac, Alimentum, and Elecare) produced in Abbott’s Sturgis, Michigan
manufacturing plant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Cronobacter was the
cause of the infant’s death.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The FDA is
inspecting the Sturgis facility.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The
results show several positive Cronobacter <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>environmental samples and adverse inspectional
observations by FDA investigators.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A
review of the firm’s internal records also indicates environmental contamination
with Cronobacter sakazakii and the firm’s destruction of products because of
the presence of Cronobacter.” <a href="https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/urgent-warning-issued-about-infant-formula-and-cronobacter-salmonella-infections/">https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/02/urgent-warning-issued-about-infant-formula-and-cronobacter-salmonella-infections/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/fda-investigation-cronobacter-and-salmonella-complaints-powdered-infant-formula-february-2022">https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/fda-investigation-cronobacter-and-salmonella-complaints-powdered-infant-formula-february-2022</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It has been 11 years since I blogged about babies dying, brain
damaged, and hospitalized from Cronobacter in US hospitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe
the final count was 11 infants sickened by Cronobacter in 2011. But actual
numbers are not known because the only state in the US that is required to report
Cronobacter is Minnesota (according to CDC website that was reviewed in Jan.
2022).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2011/12/questioning-enterobacter-sakazakii.html">https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2011/12/questioning-enterobacter-sakazakii.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The CDC states that Cronobacter
infection is rare.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it
considered rare because only one state in the US is required to report
Cronobacter cases?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that the
cases in 2011 were under-counted. The CDC now states that they only see 2-4
cases a year, and the mortality rate is up to 40%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back in 2012 they stated they saw 4-6 cases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I believe that some researchers from various institutions
state a 40-80% mortality rate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According
to the CDC, we must be doing better than a decade ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But again, if the only state required to
report cases is Minnesota, than how do we know how many infants are sickened by Cronobacter
in the US?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I find it hard to understand this blindness to the one
of the many risks of infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Instead the US mantra appears to be that infant formula is a safe
choice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet 40 years of research shows a
long list of health risks to babies. Formula fed infants have a much greater risk of bacterial and viral infections, higher rates of diabetes, pneumonia, respiratory infections, hospitalizations, etc. than exclusively breastfed infants.<br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the problems with the Cronobacter contamination of infant
formula is the global reach of infant formula companies. Abbott exports their infant formula to many countries. The risks are higher for countries that have unsafe water, lack of access to fuel to sanitize bottles and nipples, financial resources that are limited, and poor literacy so they can not read the instructions in tiny print. Even in the USA, there are many families who have unsafe water (for example the lead problem in city water in Detroit), families that don't have stoves or refrigerators-or their electricity has been turned off, and many families during this covid pandemic have been evicted and made homeless. Mothers that have low IQs may have difficulty following instructions in order to make formula safely. I remember reading that even people who are college educated made errors in fixing formula-over scooping or under-scooping powdered formula. Thus, infant formula can be risky in any wealthy country, and gets even riskier during times of emergencies--hm...like a pandemic. Will this be a lesson learned? Or will this continually happen because corporations do not pay a price for their products that harm babies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><br /></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<![endif]-->Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-86055777534463972762022-02-16T09:05:00.003-05:002022-02-16T11:36:14.963-05:00Ethics in infant formula research<span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXcwBFEakgaZr1PGB7xx7vRImrKY1C7s2ca-RvGRLIlUdXCILi90iAoawNVzPkKbbw4kPPCzdw3ZMLwmJCjJja09W5cp0cPkhRKHdtwV_tPnuqePGw58_GQo5wWvt8r07Eqn-xeBlboFi0bdOa5RhwGvslq65LiD4fZ2mwait-sJS0MND9aNRuXB0W=s720" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="491" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXcwBFEakgaZr1PGB7xx7vRImrKY1C7s2ca-RvGRLIlUdXCILi90iAoawNVzPkKbbw4kPPCzdw3ZMLwmJCjJja09W5cp0cPkhRKHdtwV_tPnuqePGw58_GQo5wWvt8r07Eqn-xeBlboFi0bdOa5RhwGvslq65LiD4fZ2mwait-sJS0MND9aNRuXB0W=s320" width="218" /></a></div><br /></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“If the connection, say between formula milk early
feeding and later obesity really is as established as researchers such as Lucas
claim (see paper in the book), then public policy might adopt some very
restrictive policies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead of simply
instructing health visitors to encourage young mothers to breast feed, they
might forbid the sale of formula milk without a prescription, provide serious
tax incentives for young mothers to breastfeed (an thus penalize young mothers
who do not), or seek to stigmatise or even criminalize formula feeding for
young babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, of course, such
draconian measures would seriously conflict with the ethos of many liberal,
democratic societies and endanger individual rights.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By Irene Cetin & Robin Gill from the
chapter entitled, “Ethical Issues in Perinatal Nutrition Research,” in the 2005
book, “Early Nutrition and Its Later Consequences:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Opportunities,” edited by Berthold
Koletzko <a href="https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/1-4020-3535-7_1">https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/1-4020-3535-7_1</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The editor, Berthold Koletzko, is on the scientific
advisory board of the Family Larsson & Rosencrist Foundation, well known
editor for many Nestle Nutrition Institute Workshop Series edited the above
book which was funded by Danone. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of my Facebook friends, Magdalena Whoolery, a
member of IBFAN alerted me to a recent research paper. The research paper is
published in PLOS, with grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and
the US National Institute of Health (NIH).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I tried to comment to the article, but either there is a wait system
regarding comments, or some kind of computer glitch (my own or theirs) it has
yet to be published.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I thought I
would comment here on this proposed research endeavor on low birth weight
babies in 2 African Nations (Guinea Bissau and Uganda).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The research paper states that they support exclusive
breastfeeding, but their proposal for this research is to introduce infant
formula in the early days as a preventative to possible future
malnutrition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have at least 40 years
of research that shows the importance of exclusive breastfeeding for all
babies, in order to prevent diarrhea (a know risk for death in infants) and
various diseases that exclusive breastfeeding can prevent or mitigate those
diseases.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The authors state, “…early,
daily, small volume supplementation supported growth without interfering with
overall breastfeeding duration.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This
statement was cited to footnotes #20 and #21. Those two studies are studies
that one of the co-authors to the current study (Valerie Flaherman) is also
listed as a co-author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In the two studies done in the United States,
exclusively breastfed, full-term infants were given 10mL of formula by syringe
after every breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This current
study will be done in 2 African nations on exclusively breastfed, low birth
weight infants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They will be given 59mL
of infant formula after breastfeeding by bottles and sterilized nipples.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It has been known for some time that the early
introduction of bottles/bottle nipples/teats can in some babies result in those
babies refusing the breast and preferring bottles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A care giver does not know which baby will have
this particular problem, and it would seem to be a matter of logic to refrain
from the introduction of bottles and bottle nipples/teats for as long as
possible so that one does not interfere with exclusive breastfeeding in the
early weeks.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The authors state the study will be conducted under the
principles of the 2008 Declaration of Helsinki.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is a more up-to-date Declaration of Helsinki, published<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 2013. One of the principles listed in the
2008 Declaration states, “The health of my patient will be my first
consideration.” (#4) and, “Some research populations are particularly
vulnerable and need special protection. They include those who cannot give or
refuse consent themselves…” (9)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babies
cannot give consent to be part of an experiment, they are one of the most
vulnerable in need of protection. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Babies who receive infant formula in the
early days, may have short and long term health consequences like obesity,
diabetes, and other unknown consequences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And mothers who end up weaning early, may also suffer health consequences,
such as a greater likelihood of breast and ovarian cancers, heart disease, and
the emotional loss of closeness to their babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The authors state that they are, “…conservatively
estimating a 20% loss to follow-up.’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Follow-up is very important and when the estimate seems to possibly be
quite high, I would think that the authors may want to reconsider their
approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Declaration of Helsinki
principle #33 states, “At the conclusion of the study, patients entered into
the study are entitled to be informed about the outcome of the study..”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How will this research be able to follow the
Declaration, if their estimate for follow-up is “conservatively a 20% loss?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2022 Valerie W McClain </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I urge breastfeeding advocates to read this study and
comment to it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thank you to Magdalena
Woolery for the following information, if you want to comment to the study.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Reporting research concerns to UCSF-sponsor of the
study:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://irb.ucsf.edu/reporting-research-concerns-and-complaints?fbclid=IwAR3E-JrvFOMEAEjlhp6z-4G-HLBhHUD5Q44diwtcU1vrqHmXuc94WTxeQ4I">https://irb.ucsf.edu/reporting-research-concerns-and-complaints?fbclid=IwAR3E-JrvFOMEAEjlhp6z-4G-HLBhHUD5Q44diwtcU1vrqHmXuc94WTxeQ4I</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and to comment to the study at PLOS:</span></p>
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</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Living in a small town in Northern New York,
near the Canadian border, there was not much to do on a Saturday
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My girlfriend told me that
there was going to be a party in a house outside of town. It was a small party
with young men drinking beer, and watching football on TV.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was not the kind of party one would
remember, just the usual small town party of men glued to the TV set, and women
in the kitchen fixing food and talking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The party became memorable, when the hostess of the party asked those of
us in the kitchen, if we wanted to watch her nurse her baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We followed her into her bedroom. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She closed the door for privacy, sat down on
the bed, and opened her shirt to nurse her baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a magical moment. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunlight slowly danced across the shadows of
the room, creating a vision of a baby and mother that seemed like a painting
from 150 years ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had never seen a
baby breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had seen plenty of
babies being bottle-fed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bottle-feeding
a baby seemed pretty boring compared to watching this baby breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, it was the 1970’s, breast and
breastfeeding were not words often used in public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember feeling this sense of awe watching
our hostess nurse her baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided
that if I ever had a baby, I would breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Many years later, when I had my own babies,
I realized I owed this mom and baby a debt of gratitude.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have never forgotten that first experience
of watching a mother and her baby breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I have many memories of breastfeeding my
own children and watching my grandchildren nurse. As a retired La Leche League
leader and IBCLC, I have seen a lot of breastfeeding moms and babies. Yet, I
still believe that breastfeeding is magical, a dance between a mother and her
baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It can also be a tug of war
between a mother and her baby. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A battle
between the strong will of the mother and the strong will of her baby. It can also
be a mundane moment of duty in the ho-hum of life. It also has its comedic moments.
But I will always believe that there are those magical moments that are never,
ever forgotten. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently I read an article in the News
Medical Life Sciences reviewed by Emily Henderson entitled, “PFAS Exposure
Associated with Decreasing Nutritional Value of Breast Milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the authors of that particular study
was Tuulia Hyotylainen, Professor of Chemistry at Orebro University, Sweden <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>who stated in the article, “Breast milk is
becoming less nutritious because chemical exposure causes changes in lipid
composition—the fat in breast milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
goes on to state, “Of course mothers should continue breastfeeding their babies
if they are able to.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If PFAS chemicals
are ubiquitous in the environment, I suppose not too many women will be “able”
to breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it possible that the
research scientists do not understand the science of breastfeeding? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I realized that I now had to read the research
paper that Hyotylainen co-authored this year, “Exposure to per-and
polyfluoroalkyl substances associates with an altered lipid composition of
breast milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021004803?via%3Dihub"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021004803?via%3Dihub</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2018 Hyotylainen co-authored a research paper
published in Pediatric Research entitled, “Serum, plasma and erythrocyte
membrane lipodomes in infants fed formula supplements with bovine milk fat
globule membranes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of her
co-authors (Ollie Hernell, and Bo Lonnerdal) to this study were funded by Hero
Group, Switzerland (infant formula manufacturer) and Semper AB, Sweden (infant
formula and gluten-free baby food manufacturer. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The conclusion of this research paper is that
bovine milk fat globule membranes used in infant formula has beneficial
benefits of positive cognitive and immunological properties to infants. “The
study was funded by grants from Sweden Innovation Agency (Vinova), Semper/Hero
[2 formula companies] and Vasterbotten County Council.” </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-018-0130-9"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-018-0130-9</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Wondering about bovine milk fat globule membranes I
found another research paper entitled, “Clinical Benefits of Milk Fat Globule
Membranes for Infants and Children,” states, “The benefits of breastfeeding are
greater for preterm than term infants…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I find that an odd statement to make.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Somehow breastfeeding loses its benefits in term infants?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course it makes sense, when a person reads
the section on funding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All 4 authors (Ollie
Hernell, Niklas Timby, Magnus Donnelly, Bo Lonnerdal) have been funded by
various infant formula companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Milk
fat globule membranes added to infant formula will supposedly be beneficial to
preterm infants. </span><a href="https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(16)00300-0/fulltext%23relatedArticles%20"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(16)00300-0/fulltext#relatedArticles</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s go back to the research paper, “Exposure to per-
and polyfluoroalkyl substances associated with an altered lipid composition of
breast milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We find out as we read
this paper that this paper is listed under clinicaltrial.com NCT01735123.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <a href="https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01735123">https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01735123</a></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The clinical trial of NCT01735123 results were
published in 2021 by Journal of Pediatrics and entitled, “Effect of early
feeding on intestinal permeability and inflammation markers in infants with
genetic susceptibility to type 1 diabetes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>a randomized clinical trial.” The clinical trial recruited Finnish
mothers during their pregnancy. According to the Finnish Diabetic Association, “Finland
has a population of 5.5 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
are about 50,000 people with type 1 diabetes and about 400,000 people with type
2 diabetes in Finland.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About 4,000
children under the age of 15 have diabetes.” </span><span class="identifier doi"><span class="id-label">DOI:
</span>
<a class="id-link" data-ga-action="DOI" data-ga-category="full_text" href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.042" rel="noopener" target="_blank">
10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.07.042
</a>
</span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://www.diabetes.fi/en/finnish_diabetes_association/diabetes_in_finland">https://www.diabetes.fi/en/finnish_diabetes_association/diabetes_in_finland</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Both <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>papers (“Exposure
to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances associated with an altered lipid
composition of breast milk” and “Effect of early feeding on intestinal
permeability and inflammation markers in infants with genetic susceptibility to
type 1 diabetes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a randomized clinical
trial”) are tied together. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to
understand and get some of the background information on the study on altered
lipid composition (I will call it the Lipid Study) of breast milk associated
with PFAS chemicals one must also read the research paper on early feeding
effect on type 1 diabetes (I will call it the Diabetes Study).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Diabetes Study states, “Randomization for the study
formula was performed during the 35<sup>th</sup> gestational week and families
received their first batch of the study formula before the delivery.” The
Diabetes Study also states, “breastfeeding was encouraged,” while they randomly
handed out the experimental extensively hydrolyzed formula (Mead Johnson) or
the control cow’s milk formula (Mead Johnson).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mead Johnson guarded the randomization codes. Seventy-three infants were
in the experimental goup and forty infants were in the control group.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Thus the Lipid Study is examining a majority of mothers
who are doing both breastfeeding and formula feeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the Diabetes Study there were 7
mothers in the study who exclusively breastfed (no definition of exclusive
breastfeeding disclosed) to 9 months. They obtained cord blood at 2-4 days and
serum from moms at 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months. They also obtained stool
samples of all the babies to determine intestinal permeability and
inflammation.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lipid Study was on a subgroup of mothers from the
Diabetes Study, 44 mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I assume all
of the mothers in the Lipid Study must have been breastfeeding; since they
obtained breast milk samples at 2-4 days postpartum and at 3 months
postpartum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is questionable how many
of the babies were exclusively breastfed because all the moms received infant
formula in their 3<sup>rd</sup> trimester of pregnancy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Lipid Study had serum samples from the 3<sup>rd</sup>
month postpartum but I found no statements made about serum samples at 2-4 days
postpartum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Diabetes Study got cord
blood for HLA genotyping in the 2-4 day postpartum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the Lipid Study states under “Results”,
“Maternal PFAS levels were measured in serum samples collected 3 months after
the delivery.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I could not find any
discussion about collected serum samples on days 2-4 postpartum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Lipid Study states the following, “As another
limitation of the study, the data on the daily volume of BM [Breast Milk] were
not available, which restricted us to study infant growth only in relation to
lipid composition of BM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nonwithstanding this, maternal diet is a
major factor that influences the breast milk volume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Samuel et al., 2020)” </b>Bold is my
emphasis because this reference is to the Samuel et al. research paper that I discussed
in Questionable Research Papers-PART 1 of my blog. Maternal Diet is not a major
factor that influences breast milk volume. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t read PART 1,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2021/11/questionable-research-papers-part-1.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://vwmcclain.blogspot.com/2021/11/questionable-research-papers-part-1.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I have a real problem with the ethics of infant feeding
studies in which infant formula is given out to all pregnant moms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Exclusive breastfeeding is important to the
health and well-being of the mother and baby. It appears to me to be a breach
of ethics to give out formula to pregnant moms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some moms may believe that they have to use the infant formula, because
medical professionals are giving it to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Just stating that recruited moms were encouraged to breastfeed (which
they state), while handing out infant formula undermines breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What about the WHO Code?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No free samples?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No promotion of products in health care
facilities?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Do research scientists in
infant feeding feel they are exempt from the WHO Code?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess so.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">How can a researcher determine a cause for a health
issue, when there are more than one variable?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>If breastfeeding infants are getting breast milk plus infant formula, is
the health issue the breast milk, infant formula, or both? What about other
foods and drinks in the first year of life? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How can research state categorically that
breast milk is the problem, when mothers are also formula feeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The fat of breast milk is the most variable
component.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It changes from moment to
moment, from day to night, day to day, month to month.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, depending on when a researcher gets a
breast milk sample, it may vary in fat content.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It seems to me that at least 2 or 3 samples of breast milk at varied
times are necessary to get an average of the fat content. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Concerns were expressed in the Lipid Study
about the milk fat globules being too large.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Yet human milk fat “globules vary from 1 to 10mm in diameter, with 1 mm-
globules predominating.” (Lawrence et al. Ninth Edition Breastfeeding: A guide
for the Medical Profession, 2020, pg. 105) The Lawrence text book references
that to a paper published in 1992. The Lipid Study did not measure the
globules, and a number of presumptions are made regarding the supposedly large
size as being an indicator of PFAS chemical contamination.<span style="color: black;"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the
funders for the Lipid Study was the Novo Nordisk Foundation (Novo Nordisk sells
insulin). Novo Nordisk Foundation also owns the company Novo Holding which has
invested in the company, BIOMILQ (US $21 million).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>BIOMILQ will be the first company to
manufacture novel infant feeding from human mammary cell culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novo-holdings-leads-us21m-series-a-financing-in-biomilq-301404490.html"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/novo-holdings-leads-us21m-series-a-financing-in-biomilq-301404490.html</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Diabetes
Study received funding from Mead Johnson and other US government health institutions.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 12pt;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">What is most
curious and sad is that there is research that shows that introduction of cow’s
milk or cow’s milk-based infant formula in diabetes susceptible infants
increases their risk of diabetes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here
is sample of the research from 1988, and recently 2021. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“Genetically susceptible children
weaned<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>too early onto cow’s milk-based
formula had a risk of Type 1 diabetes that was 13.1 times greater than children
who did not have these genes and who were breast-fed for at least three months
(thus minimizing their exposure to cow’s milk).”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1996 research paper in the Journal of
Molecular Medicine by Perez-Bravo et al.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>From </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The China Study</span></i><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"> by T. Colin
Campbell, PhD and Thomas M. Campbell II,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">“Formula feeding accounts for 2-26% of
insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in children.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1988 research paper in Diabetes by EJ Mayer
et al. From International Lactation Consultant Association (ILCA), </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Summary of the Hazards of
Infant Formula. 1992, </span></i><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">compiled by Marsha Walker,
RN, IBCLC</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“In conclusion, this study supports that
infant and childhood diet may influence the risk of T1D [Type 1 Diabetes].<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The most convincing evidence was seen for
beneficial effects of breastfeeding, later introduction to gluten, cow’s milk,
and fruit, and lower consumption of cow’s milk during childhood.” 2021,
research paper in EBioMedicine by Ana-Maria Lampousi et al.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The introduction of cow’s milk-based
formula in infants who are considered genetically susceptible to type 1
diabetes seems almost insane to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
wonder about the world we live in, when researchers turn a blind eye to the
risks created to Finnish mothers and babies involved in this kind of research. </span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">I read a recent document in which they stated that in Finland
exclusive breastfeeding was 66% at birth in the hospital and only 9% at 6
months. The article was lamenting about the low rates of
breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Certainly these kind of clinical
studies only add to the abysmal rates of breastfeeding in Finland.</span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="color: black; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><br /></span></span></span></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-7086300849082175462021-11-23T06:14:00.000-05:002021-11-23T06:14:16.046-05:00QUESTIONABLE RESEARCH PAPERS--PART 1<p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6orloIGRvc7ZUpO_gLDwFcOo0wZjYdygg1klKmic9Qx6WE9dsvwbCJUiJz72z9riB_yFj0KmsbN-IaqrwLC7X0Rfbvu9dkyM7Hew5XQzJepW0pst6zqy0lHyJOm6O2qPjFg2ciJ1c8RM/s454/Screenshot+2021-11-14+at+04-22-58+il_794xN+820430021_h0j9+jpg+%2528WEBP+Image%252C+794+%25C3%2597+1059+pixels%2529+%25E2%2580%2594+Scaled+%252859%2525%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="454" data-original-width="290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6orloIGRvc7ZUpO_gLDwFcOo0wZjYdygg1klKmic9Qx6WE9dsvwbCJUiJz72z9riB_yFj0KmsbN-IaqrwLC7X0Rfbvu9dkyM7Hew5XQzJepW0pst6zqy0lHyJOm6O2qPjFg2ciJ1c8RM/s320/Screenshot+2021-11-14+at+04-22-58+il_794xN+820430021_h0j9+jpg+%2528WEBP+Image%252C+794+%25C3%2597+1059+pixels%2529+%25E2%2580%2594+Scaled+%252859%2525%2529.png" width="204" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dexin infant formula manufactured by Burroughs Wellcome & Company, screenshot from Etsy website</span></span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“… but if your lives were embittered as mine is by
seeing day after day this massacre of the innocents by unsuitable feeding, then
I believe you would feel as I do that misguided propaganda on infant feeding
should be punished as the most criminal form of sedition, and that these deaths
should be regarded as murder.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>---Dr.
Cicely Williams, was speaking at the Rotary Club in Singapore in 1939 in front
of the local president of Nestle. </span><a href="https://everything.explained.today/Cicely_Williams/"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://everything.explained.today/Cicely_Williams/</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many books on breastfeeding have the Cicely Williams’
quote from her 1939 speech at the Rotary Club in Singapore, yet all her papers now
reside in the UK Wellcome Collection archive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Cicely Williams is an example of speaking
truth to power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She was born in Jamaica,
and lived from 1893-1992.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During WWII
she was held in a Singapore Japanese internment camp along with a number of
mothers and babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Through her
influence all the babies at that camp were breastfed, and survived despite the
starvation conditions the mothers and Dr. Williams faced in the camp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dr. Williams was also tortured, and nearly
died from the malnutrition she experienced. After her death her family gave the
Wellcome Collection 56 boxes of her papers as well as 2 outsized folders of
documents.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Wellcome Collection is
an archive of documents derived from Burroughs Wellcome & Company and the
Wellcome Trust. <a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fy2n52en">https://wellcomecollection.org/works/fy2n52en</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Burroughs Wellcome & Company manufactured an infant
formula called Dexin from 1932-1992. How ironic that a company that manufactured
infant formula during Cicely Williams’ lifetime has ownership of all her
papers. </span><a href="https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ndxuvvxy"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ndxuvvxy</span></a><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It appears to me that while membership is free to the
Wellcome Collection, access to documents in the collection would be difficult
for those who live outside of the UK. The Wellcome Collection states the
following, “Our collections were first assembled in the early 20<sup>th</sup>
century, following a racist, sexist, ableist system of cultural hierarchies. We
have begun to change the ways we manage and use our collections.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Besides her stance on infant formula, Dr. Cicely
Williams named and described a severe form of malnutrition that young children
suffered in what is now called Ghana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The young children had sufficient calories but not enough protein. She
named the protein deficiency of young children, Kwashiorkor. Among the people
who lived in Ghana it was described as the “disease of the deposed child.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A new baby is breastfed, while the weaned,
older child may suffer from not having enough protein foods because of famine
conditions within a society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://hekint.org/2017/01/28/cicely-williams-and-kwashiorkor/"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">https://hekint.org/2017/01/28/cicely-williams-and-kwashiorkor/</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The understanding of breastfeeding and its importance
to babies and young children’s health and survival is still so little
understood. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corporations continue to globally
influence infant feeding decisions that ultimately influence morbidity and
mortality of babies and children. Advertising is one of the ways in which
parents are influenced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the
internet, advertising has become world-wide.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">New research on human milk appears to be overturning long
held evidence in the science of breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>A lot of the new research is funded by the infant formula industry and
the breast pump company, Medela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New
knowledge or evidence that overturns old knowledge or evidence may very well be
correct.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But corporate funding of the
new knowledge calls into question whether the new knowledge on breastfeeding/human
milk is slanted towards making profits from products rather than increased
understanding of breastfeeding.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">For example, it seems little understood by
environmental researchers on toxic chemicals in human milk that US infants not
only breastfeed and/or receive human milk in a bottle; but are often given
infant formula, water, other drinks, and even solids before 6 months. According
to the US CDC National Immunization Survey for the year 2018, 46.3% of US moms were
exclusively breastfeeding at 3 months postpartum; and at 6 months postpartum
only 25.8% were exclusively breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Exclusively breastfeeding was defined as “only breast milk—no solids,
water or other liquids.” Breastfeeding mothers who supplemented with infant formula
(with or without other supplemental liquids or solids) before 3 months were
31.3% and before 6 months were 35.8%. Breastfeeding at birth was 83.9%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus according to these statistics some
31%-36% of breastfed infants are also getting infant formula. So why are there
so few studies on PFAS chemicals in baby formula?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/results.html">https://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/nis_data/results.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Just measuring toxic chemicals in human milk tells us
very little about the health risks of these chemicals to infants. Why? Because
most infants under 1 year get a variety of drinks (infant formula, water,
juice, soda) and foods besides human milk. Revelations in the media regarding
toxic chemicals in breastmilk cause parental fear of breastfeeding and human
milk, based on research that is a partial understanding of the risks. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am not sure how accurate the CDC statistics are
because a mom’s recall of information regarding infant feeding is often
inaccurate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In my IBCLC practice I had
moms who told me they were exclusively breastfeeding their babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But when I did a home visit, they had infant
formula on the counter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some moms say
what they think you, the interviewer, want to hear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I did a home visit with a mom whose husband
was a doctor, and he wanted her to breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She didn’t want to, and they compromised with her pumping and bottlefeeding
her milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Bottlefeeding human milk
exposes babies to ingestion and inhalation of various plastic chemicals. On the
other hand in comparison to plastic bottles and nipples, the breast is an
eco-friendly container! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Researchers
doing environmental studies on human milk need to consider the variety of ways
mothers feed their babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Human milk is
only part of the picture of infant feeding exposure to toxic chemicals. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">A Questionable
Research Paper</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s look at a recent (2020) paper that is used as a
reference to a research paper on a infant’s exposure to PFAS chemicals in
breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The paper’s title is “Nutritional and
Non-nutritional Composition of Human Milk Is Modulated by Maternal, Infant, and
Methodological Factors.” There are six authors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Four of the authors are or were employed by Nestle Nutrition. One author,
Valerie Verhasselt received funding from Nestle Nutrition, but also is the 1<sup>st</sup>
Chair in human lactology in biochemistry at the University of Western Australia
through an endowment of AUD 8.6 million from the Family Larsson-Rosencrist
Foundation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two of the authors received
speaking fees from Medela.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Funding for
the research was provided by the Nestle Foundation. <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.576133/full%23T3">https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2020.576133/full#T3</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The authors of this paper did a literature review of
maternal, infant, and methodological factors that varies human milk composition
and volume.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They state, “Maternal diet
is an important factor that influences the volume and composition in human
milk.” The statement has no footnote and I assume this is the authors’
conclusion.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another research paper
entitled </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;">"Exposure to per- and polyfluroalkyl
substances associated with an altered lipid composition of breast milk"
uses </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">their
paper as evidence that maternal diet in a breastfeeding mother is influential
to milk production and composition. While I would not dispute that a mother’s
diet somewhat impacts the composition of human milk (DHA/ARA fatty acids, some
vitamins), I would say that there is evidence that the volume of milk is only
impacted by maternal malnutrition/starvation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There is plenty of evidence that mothers in concentration camps during
WWII who were able to have babies despite the starvation conditions in those
camps; were able to breastfeed and keep their babies alive.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr. Ruth Lawrence in the “9<sup>th</sup> Edition Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Guide for the Medical Profession” (2020) discusses
the factors that influence the volume of milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>She states, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“Any factor that
influences the frequency, intensity, or duration of suckling by an infant
influences the volume.”</b>(pg.248)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
the Darling Study by KG Dewey et al in 1991, It states, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">“The results suggest that infant demand is the main determinant of
lactation performance in populations such as this.”</b> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Why is this a important issue?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If diet is an important factor on the volume
and composition of human milk, then maternal diet becomes the focus of fixing
the problem of PFAS chemicals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We know
from past history of breastfeeding promotion that some mothers who believe that
they have to be on special diets to breastfeed do not breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think we need to be very sure of the
evidence that it is maternal diet that impacts PFAS chemicals in human milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The infant formula industry is also involved in the
manufacture and sale of supplements for infants and breastfeeding mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research that shows that maternal diet is
deficient or influences the amount of PFAS chemicals in breast milk is
financially lucrative to the supplement industry, and ultimately to the sale of
infant formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following infant
formula companies also own vitamin/supplement companies:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Abbott, Bayer, Nestle Health Sciences (had
the most vitamin/supplement companies), Reckitt Benckiser (Mead Johnson). <a href="https://drnealsmoller.com/rant/the-14-mega-corporations-that-own-your-supplement-brand/"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>https://drnealsmoller.com/rant/the-14-mega-corporations-that-own-your-supplement-brand/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This study on maternal diet’s influence on milk volume
and compositions was a literature review.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There are 274 references/footnotes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yet the paper left out the following
references in their literature review or having read the research decided not
to use the following information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fat content
of human milk is the most variable component, “varying in concentration over a
feeding, from breast to breast, over a day’s time, over time itself, and among
individuals.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Lawrence, Ninth Edition
Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Guide for the Medical
Profession, 2020, page105) </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to the 1997 Breastfeeding Answer Book
edition, “Research from developing countries and other parts of the world
indicates that even mothers who are mildly malnourished produce plenty of good
quality milk for their babies and that only under famine or near famine
condition will a mother’s nutrition affect her milk supply or the composition
of her milk. (Perez-Escamilla 1995; Prentice 1994)” pg.372</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Breastfeeding and Human Lactation, 2<sup>nd</sup>
edition by Riordan & Auerbach (1999) states, “Worldwide studies, considered
together, support the idea that maternal nutrition has only a modest effect on
milk production and milk composition.” pg. 515</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Ninth Edition Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Guide for the Medical Profession (2020)
states, “The quantity of breast milk produced can be affected by maternal
dehydration (when severe, >10% weight loss) or severe maternal malnutrition,
but the quality of breast milk as adequate nutrition for the infant is
maintained.” Pg.247</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Should we accept that the newer research is the more
accurate research?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How influential are
these two corporations, Nestle and Medela, in this research paper?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The paper never mentioned an infant’s suck as
critical to milk volume and composition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Either they dismissed the past research as irrelevant, or they never
looked at this particular research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
the infant is the driver of volume and composition, then we cannot always
believe that mothers are responsible for a low milk supply.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rather health care providers must take into
account the health of the infant, an infant’s suck, and the frequency and
length of feeds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who makes money when
mothers’ believe that their diet is one of the most important aspects of
breastfeeding success?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who makes money
when the focus of a low milk supply is to change the mother’s diet and purchase
a pump; rather than evaluating the health of the infant, and encouraging the
mom to increase the frequency and length of breastfeeding?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain </span></p>
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</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Words are the essential tools of the law.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the study of law, language has great
importance; cases turn on the meaning that judges ascribe to words, and lawyers
must use the right words to effectuate the wishes of their clients.”—Professor
Sheila Hyatt, University of Denver-Sturm College of Law</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“But if thought corrupts language, language can also
corrupt thought.”—George Orwell</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Once again I see the word, breastfeeding, corrupted by
the common belief that breast-milk feeding is equivalent to breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time it is in a proposed law at the US
House of Representatives (HR#3110) and the Senate (S#1658).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The proposed bill is called The Pump Act
(described in the media) or The Pump for Nursing Mothers Act (described in the
legislation).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This bill states, “An Act
to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to expand access to breastfeeding
accommodations in the workplace, and for other purposes.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I decided to look for breastfeeding accommodations in
this proposed legislation, and read nothing about “breastfeeding.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The two main points of this proposed bill
(the 3<sup>rd</sup> amended text, October 22, 2021) are, “An employer shall
provide—(1) a reasonable breaktime for an employee to express breast milk each
time such employee has need to express breast milk for the 2-year period
beginning on the date on which the circumstances related to such need arise,
and (2) a place other than a bathroom, that is shielded from view and free from
intrusion from co-workers and the public, which may be used by an employee to
express breast milk.” This 3<sup>rd</sup> version proposed from the House has
changed from the 2<sup>nd</sup> version. Instead of companies with less than 25
employees are exempted from the proposed law, it now states companies with less
than 50 employees are exempted from the proposed bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It still states that mothers qualify for a 2-year
period of breastfeeding. </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3110/text</span></a><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The Senate’s version of this proposed legislation
(#1658) varies from the House of Representatives 3<sup>rd</sup> version in one
major provision.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It states that mothers
qualify for a 1-year period of breastfeeding not 2-years as proposed by the
House bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Senate’s version appears
to be identical (in regard to these 2 issues) to the legislation in the
Affordable Care Act of 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1658/text?r=77&s=1%20%20">https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1658/text?r=77&s=1
</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Will reconciliation of the proposed bills in the House
and Senate, if passed, result in 1-year or 2-years?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will be pleasantly surprised, if a 2-year
period for pumping breast milk is accepted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I was amazed that mothers donating breast milk was not listed
specifically as a reason for pumping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Employers
might not like the idea of a mom taking time out from her job with them to make
money (if donating to for-profit milk banks) from her breast milk. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This proposed law does not require that the employer
pay the employee for breaks, unless the employee is required to also work
during said breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Federal law mandates
that employers must pay for short, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">allowed</b>,
breaks of employees during the day; and lunch breaks must be paid, if employees
are required to work thru their lunch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although,
there is no Federal law that requires employers to provide lunch and rest
breaks. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Federal laws take precedence
over State laws.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But what about states,
like the one I live in, Florida, in which employers don’t have to provide
either rest or lunch breaks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If the
employee is not allowed any breaks, then I would assume this proposed law does
not apply to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently there are
only about 20 States that have break laws, and only 9 that mandate lunch and
rest breaks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://quickbooks.intuit.com/time-tracking/flsa/labor-laws-breaks/">https://quickbooks.intuit.com/time-tracking/flsa/labor-laws-breaks/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Is this proposed bill truly about breastfeeding
accommodations?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This appears to me to
only be about accommodations for breast-milk feeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Does pumping ultimately encourage
breastfeeding?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">According to a paper entitled, “Breastfeeding and the
Affordable Care Act,” by Hawkins et al., statistically mothers who are employed
fulltime have a shorter duration of breastfeeding than non-working
mothers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mothers who have maternity leave
of 12 weeks or less are less likely to even initiate breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555840/">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4555840/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">From my perspective wouldn’t paid maternity leave of at
least 6 months encourage breastfeeding initiation and duration rates? Why is
our society so hell-bent on separating mothers and babies?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This lack of recognition of the physical and
emotional toll of separated moms and babies is an example of how women and
children are treated in a capitalistic society.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This legislation supposedly about breastfeeding
accommodations brings to my mind the following question. What about a mom who
would like to breastfeed her baby during breaks?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some employed moms have caregivers that are
willing to bring the baby to the employed mom so that she could
breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If this became an acceptable
practice, more women and their employers might consider it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They might even consider having childcare
facilities within their buildings, or close-by. This would in some cases
alleviate the need for pumping so much.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I am curious about the role of breast pump companies in
regard to “breastfeeding accommodation” legislation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For instance back in 2017, Representative
Carolyn Maloney, is pictured with breastfeeding advocates in support of a
proposed bill,”Supporting Working Moms Act.” This appears to be similar to the
Pump Act bill proposal of 2021.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I find
it interesting that among the breastfeeding advocates pictured with
Representative Maloney is a Medela representative and someone from a company
(that sells/rents breast pumps) YummyMummy on the internet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-maloney-joins-with-moms-and-advocates-to-support-mothers-rights-to">https://maloney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-maloney-joins-with-moms-and-advocates-to-support-mothers-rights-to</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">It is not surprising to me that a breast pump company
and a company that sells a variety of breast pumps were supporters of the
previous proposed bill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After all, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>business is a priority in our society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Legislation certainly reflects that priority.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Words
are important within the legal system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Should we be surprised that our system of law-making considers breastfeeding
and breast-milk feeding the same thing?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is nothing in the current proposed law which is
truly making breastfeeding accommodations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Should we believe that all or most of the moms pumping in the workplace
are able to breastfeed at home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How much
time does a full-time working mom have at home to feed her family, pump her
breasts, and breastfeed her infant?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And most
working moms are still doing the majority of household chores, too.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which obligation at home do mothers give up
in order to make life less stressful?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I found this interesting article in regard to Medela
from Bloomberg Business Week entitled, “How Medela Lost Moms,” by Esme E.
Deprez.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the author, Medela
in US profited greatly for a couple of years because of the Affordable Care Act
passage in 2010. After 2 years, many more pumps companies came into existence
because the Affordable Care Act legislated that some pumps could be paid for by
health insurance companies. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
following statement, “A new mother’s relationship with the brand often starts
almost as soon as her baby is born, backed by the hospital’s seal of
approval:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A nurse or lactation
consultant parks a $2000 Medela breast pump by her bedside, places a silicone
Medela protector over her inverted nipples, and provides relief from chafing
with a packet of Medela lanolin.” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-09/how-medela-known-for-its-breast-pumps-lost-its-monopoly-on-moms">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-12-09/how-medela-known-for-its-breast-pumps-lost-its-monopoly-on-moms</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Reading that very long sentence in the above article, I
thought one could replace the words, Medela and breast pump, with the name of
any infant formula company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The infant formula
industry often use these tactics of making moms believe that anything they see
or get in the hospital is medically approved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Hospital approved/doctor approved is a real old advertising tactic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And sadly it works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The influence of companies in creating legislation, and
their product placement influence in hospitals is great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember a teen mom asking me some years
ago, why would the nurses give her a case of formula, when she didn’t need it?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why are nurses parking breast pumps in front
of mothers who just gave birth?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Convenience?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">While I do not know, if pump companies influenced this
current piece of proposed legislation; I think it an odd coincidence that
breastfeeding accommodations are only about breast-milk feeding in the
workplace.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This proposed bill does not
help moms who work in jobs like restaurants where breaks only happen during slow
times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In breastfeeding and the
Affordable Care Act, the authors’ state, “In fact, research demonstrates that the
proportion of women protected by comprehensive breastfeeding policies in the
workplace varied widely between states.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I don’t see how the Pump Act resolves this very crucial issue of State
variability of protection or how this bill creates breastfeeding accommodations
in the workplace. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-75988684461799855212021-09-27T05:46:00.001-04:002021-09-27T05:46:50.929-04:00A RECENT TWEET ON HUMAN MILK<p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLO5tYYeI3PZQ6cadvG4JBCYzkm8UCo8xNZLTL_jq_erAvMhLxyEk7Eu8V_1NmxFlycDsD6kXaXBrXYKSZwErpBOsGwJfVaKAAWjhuXhwr3W8Me6eth3VdOEl9QGPJANn4-41RFrSNBE/s598/Screenshot+2021-09-27+at+03-33-28+Home+Twitter.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="598" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLO5tYYeI3PZQ6cadvG4JBCYzkm8UCo8xNZLTL_jq_erAvMhLxyEk7Eu8V_1NmxFlycDsD6kXaXBrXYKSZwErpBOsGwJfVaKAAWjhuXhwr3W8Me6eth3VdOEl9QGPJANn4-41RFrSNBE/s320/Screenshot+2021-09-27+at+03-33-28+Home+Twitter.png" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A recent Tweet by the US Breastfeeding Committee states that, "human milk is always clean, requires no fuel, water, or electricity."</span></span></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Should we believe that the words human milk and
breastfeeding are words that are interchangeable?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This tweet by the US Breastfeeding Committee
is an example of how substituting the word, human milk, for breastfeeding makes
the statement incredibly wrong.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
someone who has gone through multiple hurricanes over the years, I have a very
different understanding about living in a disaster zone.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Human-milk-feeding requires access to electricity to
store the mammary gland product. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
breast pumps require electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Guess
what happens in a hurricane?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power goes
out, no electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those families that
have a well for their water can no longer access their water supplies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wells
require a pump that runs on electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In tropical storms or hurricanes, city water supplies may also be shut
down by flooding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One cannot run backup
generators, if the area is flooded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
you have a generator, you need gasoline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Guess what happens prior to an area in which the hurricane or storm is
expected?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gasoline becomes a scarce
commodity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most gas stations are shut
down prior to a storm because they have no gas. After the storm passes, there
is still no gas because gas pumps run on electricity.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When Hurricane Charlie hit Volusia County some years
ago, I was without power for 11 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
knew families who were without power for more than 11 days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In order to bottle feed human milk to babies,
one needs a way to clean bottles and nipples/teats. There is a need to
refrigerate that milk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In climates like
Florida, high heat and humidity without access to refrigeration, spoils food
within a short time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While human milk,
unlike infant formula, does not need to be refrigerated as quickly; it will
eventually be questionable to use.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Freezers defrost quickly without electricity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a deep chest freezer. It defrosted some
48 hours after the electricity went off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ice was difficult to obtain after Hurricane Charlie.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the ice in picnic-style ice chests melted
within 24 hours.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Does stored human milk have the same immunological
properties as milk obtained through breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is certainly a better food for babies than
formula. What studies do we have that compares the health of babies fed bottled
human milk versus babies that are breastfed?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Might there be differences?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We do
know that nutritionally a food is best served fresh, then 2<sup>nd</sup> best
is a frozen food, and last is canned foods.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I am surprised by how quickly the breastfeeding
community has forgotten the fiasco of sending donor milk to a disaster, after
the devastating earthquake in Haiti in 2010.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Breastfeeding mothers in the US were asked to donate their milk for the
poor babies in Haiti.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What happened is
that Haiti could not use that donated milk, because they didn’t have the
infrastructure to store it. An article in Time called, “Breast-Milk from
Haiti:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why Donations Are Being
Discouraged,” 1/29/2010</span></p>
<p>“That's why the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the United Nations
World Food Programme issued a joint statement Jan. 21 that the necessary
infrastructure isn't yet in place to utilize donated breast milk on the Haitian
mainland. </p>
<p>Public-health officials maintain that breast is best in emergency
situations, but only when Mom is right there to feed the baby — no need for
temperature control or bottle parts to wash. Breast-feeding is self-contained,
readily available and chock-full of antibodies that protect infants from
infection and disease.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1957614,00.html">http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1953379_1953494_1957614,00.html</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The belief that bottled human milk can be used in a
disaster is predicated on unrealistic understanding of disasters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding is the safety net in emergency
situations. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The belief that human milk and breastfeeding are one and the same
words is prevalent in social media.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From my perspective the rise of this amnesia
regarding the use of the word, breastfeeding, has happened at the same time as
the rise of the human milk industry, and growth of human milk banking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What makes money in our society?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, not a mother breastfeeding her baby.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><br /></span></span></span></p>Valerie W. McClainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14926776029719391924noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3387032041207882198.post-14668964946998554952021-09-07T04:36:00.006-04:002021-09-11T01:59:26.150-04:00BREASTMILK OR BREASTFEEDING?<p><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtMOHiU07Wq0hg5GYcoY7ZHs9GCqFHzS_A9pLpGrJeUM16KZbk89EaeUgdn6d7qtFAe1UnUw68UUa_YfK50-Oms_s_Jdq1GWXxgH98ZLai_X5ev1Du2NoxdJ0MZH8AKG7F2v943yYo2o/s2000/241470750_4500212370035729_8296496367976119549_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtMOHiU07Wq0hg5GYcoY7ZHs9GCqFHzS_A9pLpGrJeUM16KZbk89EaeUgdn6d7qtFAe1UnUw68UUa_YfK50-Oms_s_Jdq1GWXxgH98ZLai_X5ev1Du2NoxdJ0MZH8AKG7F2v943yYo2o/s320/241470750_4500212370035729_8296496367976119549_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I ran across the above meme on Facebook and it appears to be credited to a Lactation University. The meme is an example of breastmilk advocacy not breastfeeding advocacy. The use of a breast pump bottle is emblematic of the current direction of infant feeding. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are to believe that, "breastmilk has everything your baby needs." Everything? I believe that breastfeeding has everything that your baby needs. Something is seriously wrong with the thinking that a product is what babies need. Babies need their mothers: their warmth, their touch, their smell,their voice. It is mammalian survival of the next generation. The primal need of the newborn is to seek the breast. We have seen the videos of newly born babies crawling to the breast (based on Dr. Lennart Righard's research). This biological drive is circumvented and suppressed in many medical facilities by separation of mothers and babies.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The baby bottle is a symbol of mother-baby separation. Our society promotes this separation, and mothers buy into it even though they may feel torn apart mentally and physically. It appears to me that we hold the bottle in more esteem than the breast. If we want a accurate comparison of infant formula versus breastmilk, the container for breastmilk is the breast. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am somewhat fascinated by the actual drawing of this meme. The infant formula bottle appears to me to be larger than the breastmilk pump bottle. The infant formula bottle is taller and wider than the breastmilk pump bottle. Our eyes are drawn to the infant formula bottle. The infant formula bottle does not show that formulas now include human milk components (usually genetically engineered) based on breastfeeding research: DHA/ARA oils, various probiotic bacteria, human lactoferrin and Human Milk Oligosaccharides. The water that is in breastmilk is produced through metabolism (glucose +oxygen). </span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Water is 87.5% of human milk volume (Breastfeeding and Human Lactation 2nd edition-Riordan and Auerbach, 1999. pg.134). </span></span></span>This is very different from the water that is added to infant formula by the infant formula industry and/or parents. In fact part of the concerns about infant formula is that many public water systems are contaminated with various toxic chemicals like PFAS chemicals. Too much water from outside sources can cause water intoxication (which can be deadly) in babies. Thus parents who use infant formula must use care in measuring ingredients if they are using powder or liquid concentrate. The breastfeeding infant needs no extra water, not even in very hot climates. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Are the ingredients in baby formulas equivalent to breastmilk? Those ingredients must be able to have a shelf life of about 18 months. Infant formula must be a sterile (without life) substance.**(please scroll down for a correction made 9/11/2021) Breastfeeding provides an infant with a live substance. Breastmilk in many cases will be frozen and reheated by mothers or pasteurized at donor milk banks. Or if breastmilk is given/sold to for-profit biotech companies, it becomes a substance more like infant formula than what is produced by the breast. The for-profit company take breastmilk apart for its components, add or subtract the fats, defrost it, freeze it, defrost it again, freeze it again, add Martek oils (DHA/ARA oils which are genetically engineered) add other vitamins and minerals.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The promotion of breastmilk rather than breastfeeding benefits a number of companies. It may have not been the intent of the designer of this meme, but the bottle is obviously a breastpump bottle. There is a belief system underlying this meme that bothers me. It bothers me that other breastfeeding advocates seem enthusiastic about such memes. I feel like we are going backwards. Is the only way to get women interested in breastfeeding is to promote breastmilk and pumping? Shouldn't we be promoting breastfeeding? Which means we need to also promote legislative protections for moms to not be separated from their babies. Family leave for moms should not be some farfetched dream. Other countries pay moms to stay home, if they want. Why can't we do this? I have seen the health ramifications for moms going back to employment at 2 weeks postpartum. Moms who had c-sections (major surgery plus caring for a newborn) who felt that they would lose their jobs, if they went back later than 2 weeks.. Instead they endure physical problems, and end up quitting breastfeeding because they are exhausted. They don't complain, but there is the element of depression. Somehow the joy of motherhood becomes a long to-do list that never ends. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think the above meme was an educational tool for future IBCLCs. But I see it as the direction of breastfeeding advocacy. Like the infant formula industry, breastmilk advocacy seems to believe that women won't or can't breastfeed. Won't or can't breastfeed, is a ramification of lack of real support. Won't or can't breastfeed, is a society's lack of vision, driven by the ideology of products can replace relationships. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain <br /></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">**This is an important correction. While infant formula must be made sterile, manufacturers of infant formula cannot make powdered infant formula sterile. Due to cases of Cronobacter and Salmonella in young infants causing hospitalizations and deaths, the recommendation from the WHO and the US CDC is that parents need to sterilize all feeding equipment and that water used to reconstitute the powdered formula should be at least 158F/70C degrees to inactivate pathogens. CDC guidelines on preparing powdered infant formula. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/cronobacter/infection-and-infants.html">https://www.cdc.gov/cronobacter/infection-and-infants.html</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></span></p>Valerie W. 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</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“One has to understand that to be born is to enter the
world of microbes.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and, </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“If the newborn baby has only consumed colostrum, the
dominant microbes belong to the bifidobacterium family and are accompanied by
some coliform bacteria to which the baby is already adapted, since they come
from the mother.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The newborn needs to be
contaminated as early as possible by the domestic microbes that are satellites
of its mother, and in this way be as well protected as possible in the event of
an attack by more dangerous microbes.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Michel Odent, “The Nature of Birth and Breastfeeding,” 1992 pg.72</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">NEC
IN THE NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) LAWSUITS</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Similac and Enfamil products contain cow’s milk that
has been hydrolyzed, or broken down, to remove certain proteins known to cause
allergic reactions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, when given
to premature or low birth weight babies, Similac and Enfamil may cause NEC
[Necrotizing Enterocolitis] at much greater rates than is associated with
babies fed breast milk, donor milk, or breast milk-based formula.” Saianitz
& Kirk law firm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.youhavealawyer.com/baby-formula-nec-lawsuit/"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">https://www.youhavealawyer.com/baby-formula-nec-lawsuit/</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Recently, there has been a number of law firms on the
internet who state that there are pursuing lawsuits against the manufacturers
of Similac (Abbott Labs) and Enfamil (Mead Johnson).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are looking for parents of premature
infants who were fed these formulas in US hospitals and suffered health issues
and/or death from NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Currently, there
is at least one case going through the courts and one settled court case from
some years ago that I found on the internet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There may be more cases, since a number of law firms around the country
are advertising for parents whose premature babies were diagnosed with NEC to
contact their lawyers.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">WHAT
IS NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS (NEC)?</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“NEC is a condition characterized by variable injury or
damage to the intestinal tract, causing death of intestinal tissue.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The condition most often occurs in premature
newborns, but it may also occur in term or near-term babies.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/9767/necrotizing-enterocolitis">https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/9767/necrotizing-enterocolitis</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Ruth Lawrence, MD in her text book, “Breastfeeding:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Guide for the Medical Profession 4<sup>th</sup>
edition<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1994 (pg. 423) states,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“NEC is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in
preterm and other high risk infants.” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">And,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“In a large prospective multicentered study of 926
infants, 51 (5.5%) infants developed NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Mortality was 26%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In exclusively
formula-fed infants, the incidence was 6 to 10 times more common than in those
who received human milk exclusively.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
those who received human milk and formula, it was 3 times more common than in
the exclusively breastfed group.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I imagine that some people may be surprised to learn
that the use of infant formula in preterm infants as well as some full-term
infants is a risk for NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Who would
believe that infant formula is a risky product?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some human milk researchers and patent holders have known the
relationship between NEC and infant formula for years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The infant formula industry has known of the
problem for years, and some companies think the answer is adding genetically
engineered human milk components. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The dissemination of this important information to the
public has not been done.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or at least I
have not seen this information other than within breastfeeding advocacy
organizations, human milk banks, medical professionals working in NICUs, and Prolacta
Bioscience-a corporation that sells human milk-based infant formula to NICU’s.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A few months ago a friend of mine sent me a text about
a law firm’s website on NEC lawsuits. The words, human milk-based infant formula
had her questioning whether there was such a thing as human milk-based infant
formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I replied yes, there is such a
thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A company, Prolacta Bioscience
manufactures a human milk-based infant formula for use in hospitals for premature
babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They use donor milk from moms
and those moms are compensated for their donation. Prolacta also sells a human
milk fortifier called Humavant. They have a financial investment in promoting
human milk/breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="http://prolacta.asia/products/human-milk-fortifier">http://prolacta.asia/products/human-milk-fortifier</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Prolacta Bioscience devotes a page on their website to
the issue of NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is human milk-based
infant formula equivalent to breast milk or breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to their patents, it is
manufactured by taking some human milk components apart (the fat is skimmed off),
the donor milk is frozen and refrozen a number of times, human milk oligosaccharides
are harvested from the milk, and then rearranged to form various formulas of
different fat levels.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then various
vitamins and minerals are added as well as DHA/ARA (genetically engineered oils)
added.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes the substance very different
from donor milk (which in US is pasteurized).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>No way does it compare to breastfeeding.</span> <span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://prolacta.asia/parent/about-necrotizing-enterocolitis">http://prolacta.asia/parent/about-necrotizing-enterocolitis</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">I find it interesting that legal firms use these words
on their website: breast milk, donor milk, or breast milk-based formula.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nowhere is the word, breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The presumption seems to be that premature
babies are not breastfed or at least not breastfed in hospitals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Surprisingly or maybe not so surprisingly, the
lawsuits are only about premature infants, despite the fact that full term
infants are also at risk for NEC. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Breastfeeding is becoming not only a lost art but a
word that seems to be disappearing from the medical and legal lexicon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead, medical and legal institutions seem
to only be aware of a substance, a product that needs legal protection. In a
capitalistic society the needs of an industry outweigh the needs of the individual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a power struggle between the
financial and legal needs of the human milk industry versus the infant formula
industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breastfeeding, as usual, gets
a backseat to the needs of these industries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This society has lost the understanding that it is breastfeeding that needs
the most medical and legal protection. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Premature babies can experience very painful touch by
medical staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are studies that it
is now believed that pain in babies is far more stressful than for adults. The
importance of human contact in which touch is gentle, and lovingly given should
not be underestimated. Skin-to skin contact, breastfeeding de-stresses
babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many medically stable babies
in US NICUs are given the opportunity to breastfeed? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All
babies, not just premature babies benefit from skin-to-skin contact.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The skin-to-skin contact facilitates
breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Separation of babies from
their mothers increases stress in both the mothers and the babies. See, “Should
Babies Sleep Alone?” <a href="https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(11)00639-1/fulltext">https://www.biologicalpsychiatryjournal.com/article/S0006-3223(11)00639-1/fulltext</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Are we being conditioned to believe that just giving a
human milk product will decrease NEC in babies? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It seems we are already conditioned to easily
accept <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the separation of moms and babies
as normal. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">A 1987
PATENT RELEVANT TO UNDERSTANDING NEC</span></b><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Before I discuss the patents to treat or prevent NEC, I
want to discuss a US patent filed in 1987 by Baylor College of Medicine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was entitled, “Lactoferrin as a dietary
ingredient promoting the growth of the gastrointestinal tract.” (patent #
4977137) <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4977137.PN.&OS=PN/4977137&RS=PN/4977137%20%20">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=4977137.PN.&OS=PN/4977137&RS=PN/4977137
</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The patent states:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“A substantial growth of the intestines of newborn
animals takes place in the first one to three days after birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For example in newborn pigs who are nursed by
the mother, there is a substantial growth, approximately eight to ten inches of
the intestines of the infant within the first few days after birth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a large number of human newborns who are
not nursed by the mother but are placed on an infant’s formula, the growth of
the gastrointestinal tract during the first few days may not occur, and, as a
result, the infant is predisposed to chronic intractable diarrhea which must be
managed for a period of three or more months at considerable expense and
discomfort to the infant.”</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The patent supposes that adding one human milk
component, lactoferrin, will rectify the problem of a lack of growth of the
gastrointestinal tract for babies that are not nursed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The patent proposes to use either human or
bovine lactoferrin as an additive to infant formula, treatment for short gut
syndrome and diarrhea in infants.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">If the research behind this patent is correct, then
infant health and survival is dependent upon breastfeeding.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The belief by these researchers and many
other researchers involved in infant nutrition is that many women will not or
cannot breastfeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, to safeguard
infants from damaged guts created by the use of infant formula, science will
add one human milk component in hopes that this component will solve the
problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In this patent the inventors do
admit that the lactoferrin used “should not be processed, such as pasteurization,
which destroys the effectiveness.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
problem with this statement is that infant formula must be made shelf stable
for at least 18 months, which would require pasteurization. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Live substances like human milk components or
probiotics that are pasteurized are not as effective.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Buford Nichols, patent co-inventor to the above patent,
co-edited a book for Bristol-Myers Squibb/Mead Johnson Nutrition Symposia
entitled, “Malnutrition in Chronic Diet-Associated infantile Diarrhea:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Diagnosis and Management,” in 1990.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.findbookprices.com/author/Buford_L_Nichols">https://www.findbookprices.com/author/Buford_L_Nichols</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There is a long history of some researchers from Baylor
College of Medicine being funded by Mead Johnson, now known as Reckitt. In 2021
Baylor thanks Mead Johnson/Reckitt on the website of Pediatric Academic
Societies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://www.pas-meeting.org/grant-supporters/">https://www.pas-meeting.org/grant-supporters/</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2019 a paper was published in Human Cell <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Ninkina et al. entitled, “Stem cells in
human breast milk.” This paper states,”… exosomes purified from breast milk are
able to promote intestinal epithelial cell growth in infants.” Exosomes are
small particles that transfer DNA, RNA, and proteins to other cells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This appears to confirm patent inventors (Nichols
& McKee) observations from 1987 regarding the growth of the intestines in
breastfed newborns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stem cells are
important to medical researchers because they naturally generate new cells.
This could be used in therapies for various cancers or other diseases. It also
can be used in medical labs in the generation of cell lines. No infant formula
delivers live cells that can generate stem cells. Infant formula is a
sterilized product**(please read important correction) that is designed to have a shelf life of 18 months. The
product is life-less because it is sterile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Breastfeeding produces a substance that is full of life, and full of
regenerative cells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have heard some
mothers say that there is no difference between infant formula and breast milk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research by the infant formula industry in
which they are trying to imitate breast milk components is indicative of a
basic understanding that there is a huge difference between infant formula and
breast milk. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13577-019-00251-7">https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13577-019-00251-7</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">PATENTS
OWNED BY THE INFANT FORMULA INDUSTRY TO PREVENT NEC</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">This is a sample of some of the US patents that seek to
address the problem of NEC in babies.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 1997, Abbott Labs filed for a US patent (#6080787)
called, “Methods for reducing the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They determined that adding omega 6 and omega
3 oils plus egg yolk lipids would prevent NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The patent states, “NEC is rare among infants fed only breastmilk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Susan E Carlson et al were co-inventors to
this patent.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At this time there was much
interest in adding DHA and ARA (omega 3 & 6) to infant formulas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Martek Bioscience scientists were publishing
many papers in various journals<a href=".%20https:/patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6080787.PN.&OS=PN/6080787&RS=PN/6080787">.
https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6080787.PN.&OS=PN/6080787&RS=PN/6080787</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2011 Abbott Labs filed for a US patent (#8877812)
entitled, “Methods for decreasing the incidence of necrotizing entercolitis,
colic, and short bowel syndrome in an infant, toddler, or child.” Abbott Labs
plans to use predigested fats which may include monoglycerides and/or fatty
acid components as a preventative against NEC. <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8877812.PN.&OS=PN/8877812&RS=PN/8877812">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8877812.PN.&OS=PN/8877812&RS=PN/8877812</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2012 Mead Johnson filed for a US patent (#8968722)
called, “Milk-based nutritional compositions containing lactoferrin and uses
thereof.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The patent will add a
prebiotic plus lactoferrin to prevent NEC. <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8968722.PN.&OS=PN/8968722&RS=PN/8968722">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8968722.PN.&OS=PN/8968722&RS=PN/8968722</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2014 Nestec S.A. (Nestle) filed for a US patent (#10940158)
called, “Compositions for use in the prevention or treatment of necrotizing
enterocolitis in infants or young children born by C-section.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The patent states, “It should be noted that,
in the healthy vaginally-delivered breast-fed infant, Bifidobacteria form the
basis of the microbiota for 60-90% of total bacteria in the infant gut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Breast feeding also promotes intestinal
barrier development which together with bifidobacteria domination leads to
enhanced absorption and therefore utilization of ingested nutrition.” Nestle
will use a mixture of Human Milk Oligosaccharides to prevent NEC. <a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10940158.PN.&OS=PN/10940158&RS=PN/10940158">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10940158.PN.&OS=PN/10940158&RS=PN/10940158</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2015 Mead Johnson filed for a US patent (#9730969)
entitled, “Nutritional compositions for promoting gut barrier function and
ameliorating visceral pain.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The patent
would use a probiotic, Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) in their formulas to
prevent NEC and other intestinal issues. Remember that human milk researchers
consider human milk to be a probiotic. (Researchers in Spain published a paper
in the British Journal of Nutrition on probiotic bacteria derived from human
milk specifically mentions the clinical trials of LGG used in infant formula
that decreased the incidence of rotavirus and the duration of diarrhea). The
patent describes the research of visceral pain in which they used Sprague-Dawley
rats, and separated some mother rats from their babies in comparison to mother
rats not separated from their babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
patent states, “Early life stress induced by maternal separation lowered
threshold of pain perception in rats…”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Should we be surprised by this? We stress mother and infant mammals (including
human) by separating them, but our society seems to ignore this reality.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9730969.PN.&OS=PN/9730969&RS=PN/9730969">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9730969.PN.&OS=PN/9730969&RS=PN/9730969</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">In 2017 Abbott Labs filed
for a US patent (#10471081) called, “Methods for decreasing the incidence of
necrotizing enterocolitis in infants, toddlers, or children using human milk
oligosaccharides.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The patent makes
several statements of importance, “Breast milk contains components that not
only act as pathogen receptor analogues, but also activate immune factors by
infant intestinal epithelial cells and/or associated immune cell populations to
enhance development and maturation of the infant’s gastrointestinal and immune
systems.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">“Not all infants, however, are in a position to receive
human breast milk.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10471081.PN.&OS=PN/10471081&RS=PN/10471081%20">https://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=10471081.PN.&OS=PN/10471081&RS=PN/10471081</a>
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">CONCLUSION</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The infant formula industry has known for many years
that NEC is a problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Over the years,
the industry has patented various, genetically engineered human milk components
to be added to their infant formula to prevent or treat NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With increasing number of babies getting NEC,
one has to question whether the industry can solve this serious health problem
caused by their products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">As for the lawsuits against two infant formula
companies, I find it interesting that the word, breastfeeding, is missing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Instead the focus is on breast milk, donor
milk, and human milk-based infant formula as the answer to NEC.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is human milk-based infant formula equivalent
to donor milk?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The research on these very expensive human
milk-based products is funded by Prolacta Bioscience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should we accept that research?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Are we creating a medical environment in
which our priority has become a product rather than the action of breastfeeding?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright 2021 Valerie W. McClain</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">** </span><span face=""Verdana","sans-serif"" style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This
is an important correction. While infant formula must be made sterile,
manufacturers of infant formula cannot make powdered infant formula
sterile. Due to cases of Cronobacter and Salmonella in young infants
causing hospitalizations and deaths, the recommendation from the WHO and
the US CDC is that parents need to sterilize all feeding equipment and
that water used to reconstitute the powdered formula should be at least
158F/70C degrees to inactivate pathogens. These infections can cause NEC.<br /></span></span></span></span></p>
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