Is Breast Milk Chemically Contaminated?
Posted By Ina Woolcott
Media Scare of the Week #246:
Mother’s breast milk is full of environmental contaminants capable of causing harm to our babies. True? Yes — but nobody recommends not breastfeeding because of it.
According to the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action, testing infants from virtually anywhere in the world today would uncover a body burden of industrial toxins including dioxins, PCBs, mercury, phthalates, pesticides, flame retardants, bisphenol A and other dangerous substances. But it’s not just breast milk that’s in danger: environmental toxins are everywhere.
Because testing breast milk is a cheap and convenient way to look for chemical contamination, it is often used as an easy way to demonstrate the toxic load of our bodies overall. “Chemical residues found in breast milk are like the messenger, the canary in the mine, telling us about the body burdens found in everyone,” WABA relates.
Human milk is hands down the best bet for babies, even considering contaminants, says Dallas physician and lactation expert Dr Maria Blois… For the full story click HERE
Personal Note:
My daughter was 3 on the 15th September and im still breastfeeding her. Breast is always best, if you are a nursing mum or mum to be, eat as much organic fresh produce as possible, during and after pregnancy. Then bring your children up on as much organics as possible. In my home we have 100% organic produce. My daughter is not vaccinated. We only use homeopathic remedies. Im not totally strict on only having organics though - we do eat out occasionally and this generally not organic as there are not any organic restaurants nearby. In between I treat my little girl to ice cream (100% fresh fruit ice lolly). I kept sugar away from her totally for the first 2 years of her life. Also, don’t consume anything with ‘E’ numbers, artificial sweeteners, flavour enhancers etc and keep sugar intake minimal. Who knows - maybe the ‘test results’ aren’t even accurate. The media can tell us what they want, blow the results out of proportion… especially when other peoples interests are at stake. E.g. formula manufacturers want to boost profits by selling more formula! Why do we need studies to prove that breast is best? Its blatantly obvious. Everybody should be breastfeeding! Unless its medically impossible of course. If only the ‘experts’ were so bent on keeping chemically laden vaccines away from us…
Ina Woolcott ~ passionate about the Earth, about our Children and about creating a better world.