Part 2 continued-What's in a Name?

"..one of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption;  and one of the consequences of civic administration by ignorant and vicious politicians, is preventable diseases kill off half our population.  And even if science were allowed to try;  it could do little, because the majority of human beings are not yet human beings at all, but simply machines for the creating of wealth for others."  --Upton Sinclair, The Jungle

The authors of the study in Nutrients (discussed on previous page) state that clinical trials so far show limited data, not conclusive, and lack of coherent results.  But then they state that placing more HMOs in formula "could" result in evidence of benefit?  What?  Reading to the end of this study has a section called, "Author contributions," in which we learn that many of the authors have in the past been funded by various infant formula companies (several authors being on the board of advisors to Nestle Nutrition Institute).  Yet they all declare no conflict of interest.

Strange how easily one can add novel ingredients (genetically engineered) to infant formula.  And despite clinical trials lacking coherent results, there is no concern by researchers or governmental organizations that maybe this experimental infant formula should not be on the market until we have more data.  Where is the precautionary principle regarding adding ingredients to infant formula that have never existed before?

"The Precautionary Principle is a strategy to cope with possible risks where scientific understanding is yet incomplete, such as risks of nano technology, genetically modified organisms, and systemic insecticides."
http://www.precautionaryprinciple.eu/

Babies are the guinea pigs and women the handmaidens, when giant corporate industries play God.  Breastfeeding is a biodiverse system that impacts the health and well being of babies, children, and women.  It is a system that not only protects the future but protects the environment (little to no plastic trash and less dependency on the dairy industry).  Industry claims that by gene manipulation one can create the same safety that breastfeeding has created for thousands of years, and that the product made in a petri dish is identical to what is made in the human breast.  Such thinking is insanity and a civilization cannot survive with this kind of mindset.
Copyright 2019 Valerie W. McClain