A new study coming out in the journal Pediatrics looks at the safety of buying breast milk online. There has been a lot of hype and a lot of scare tactics in the popular media. As always, I strongly recommend that you read the actual study instead of just the media hype. So for your reading pleasure, here is the study abstract:
Microbial Contamination of Human Milk Purchased Via the Internet
Some professional reviews of the study and its methodology:
- Suzanne Barston writing on Science and Sensibility
- Alison Stuebe writing for the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.
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