MILK SHARING COULD ENDANGER BABIES

Breast milk may provide numerous health benefits to babies, but websites meant to facilitate milk sharing could be doing more harm than good. Researchers tested 101 milk samples purchased from such sites and found that nearly three quarters of the samples were contaminated with disease-causing bacteria like E. colior contained harmful levels of bacteria such asstreptococci. Sellers’ claims that they were healthy or that their milk was safe were found not to be reliable indicators of product safety. More… Discuss