Comments on: What’s In That Mother’s Milk?: The Scoop On Environmental Chemicals http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:00:24 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Heidi Green http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-43793 Heidi Green Tue, 21 Jul 2009 22:56:46 +0000 http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/#comment-43793 Dr. LaKind has generously provided citations for that practice: Van Esterik P. 2006. Risks, Rights and Regulation. Communicating About Risks and Infant Feeding. National Network on Environments and Women’s Health. Available: http://www.nnewh.org/images/upload/attach/46bb%20vanEsterik.pdf Steingraber S. 2002. Breast Cancer Action Newsletter #71–May/Jun. 2002. Purifying Breast Milk: A Human Rights Issue. http://bcaction.org/index.php?page=newsletter-71i Hooper K, She J, Sharp M, Chow J, Jewell N, Gephart R, Holden A. 2007. Depuration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk from California first-time mothers (primiparae). Environ Health Perspect 115(9):1271-1275. Dr. LaKind has generously provided citations for that practice:

Van Esterik P. 2006. Risks, Rights and Regulation. Communicating About Risks and Infant Feeding. National Network on Environments and Women’s Health. Available: http://www.nnewh.org/images/upload/attach/46bb%20vanEsterik.pdf

Steingraber S. 2002. Breast Cancer Action Newsletter #71–May/Jun. 2002. Purifying Breast Milk: A Human Rights Issue. http://bcaction.org/index.php?page=newsletter-71i

Hooper K, She J, Sharp M, Chow J, Jewell N, Gephart R, Holden A. 2007. Depuration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk from California first-time mothers (primiparae). Environ Health Perspect 115(9):1271-1275.

]]> By: Heidi Green http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-43735 Heidi Green Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:19:56 +0000 http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/#comment-43735 Hi, Tanya - I agree about the oddball reference to the practice of pumping and dumping early milk. Like you, I had never heard that recommendation before (and thought "Surely, not the colostrum?!"). I did find a reference to pumping and dumping in an from the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) entitled "Risks, Rights and Regulations: Communicating about Risks and Infant Feeding." ( http://www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/environment/penny_conclusions.htm ) Here, too, the practice isn't being advocated but referred to. So, I'm not sure who the advocates of that approach might be. I'll try to ferret this out a bit more. Thanks for reading! Hi, Tanya – I agree about the oddball reference to the practice of pumping and dumping early milk. Like you, I had never heard that recommendation before (and thought “Surely, not the colostrum?!”). I did find a reference to pumping and dumping in an from the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) entitled “Risks, Rights and Regulations: Communicating about Risks and Infant Feeding.” ( http://www.waba.org.my/whatwedo/environment/penny_conclusions.htm ) Here, too, the practice isn’t being advocated but referred to. So, I’m not sure who the advocates of that approach might be.

I’ll try to ferret this out a bit more. Thanks for reading!

]]> By: tanya@motherwearblog http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/comment-page-1/#comment-43731 tanya@motherwearblog Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:50:34 +0000 http://www.babygooroo.com/index.php/2009/07/20/what%e2%80%99s-in-that-mother%e2%80%99s-milk-the-scoop-on-environmental-chemicals/#comment-43731 What about variations in fat content (and therefore contaminant) of the same mother's milk from feeding to feeding? We know that mother's fat stores would be more or less mobilized depending upon things like the length in between feedings, for example. I also thought that the authors' statement about the practice of pumping and dumping early (not sure what 'early' means in this context) milk was strange. Was any one suggesting that? I'd never heard of the idea, and can't see how anyone would think that this is beneficial, especially considering the composition of early milk. What about variations in fat content (and therefore contaminant) of the same mother’s milk from feeding to feeding? We know that mother’s fat stores would be more or less mobilized depending upon things like the length in between feedings, for example.

I also thought that the authors’ statement about the practice of pumping and dumping early (not sure what ‘early’ means in this context) milk was strange. Was any one suggesting that? I’d never heard of the idea, and can’t see how anyone would think that this is beneficial, especially considering the composition of early milk.

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