More like Mother's Milk with DHA and ARA... and... oops...neurotoxins... and life-threatening diarrhea...

Shesh, at what cost are these "good for the economy" corporations making their profits?

Link to full article on Ibfan

Here's the fun excerpts:
"When I worked in the hos

pital´s neonatal ward, the nurses all called it ´the diarrhea formula´," says Sam Heather Doak, LPN, IBCLC, from Marietta, Ohio. "We´ve seen infants, tiny little humans, with diarrhea that just wouldn´t stop after being given this formula." For infants, virulent and long-term diarrhea is considered a serious and life-threatening medical episode.

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But laboratory-produced DHASCO and ARASCO (Martek´s names for their proprietary oils) are materially different from the fats found in a mother´s breast milk. Martek´s products are extracted from fermented algae and fungus, with the use of the synthetic solvent hexane, a neurotoxic chemical. They contain only 40 to 50% DHA and ARA, with the balance being sunflower oil, diglycerides, and nonsaponifiable materials. Some of these components are not found in human breast milk, and the triglycerides carrying DHA and ARA are not identical to those found in human breast milk—and have never been part of the diet for human infants. [bold added]

No, Mr. Romney... there's no need to ban the bags.... just let them keep advertising to people at one of the most vulnerable times in their lives. Corporate interests must be protected, especially once we achieve universal health care in the USA. [end snark]