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morgangallagher Many people get upset at me, when I talk about formula risks. It's as if by telling parents the truth about bacterial contanimation in formula, and how babies lives are at risk - in the West - I'm on some sort of guilt trip for mothers.
People rarely see it for what it is - a desperate plea for people to find out the truth, and to make informed choices for their beloved newborns. A stand against misinformation and profiteering.
A mother and father in Belgium, are today reaping the costs of the lack of information available to them. When their precious five day old baby died from bacterial contamination in the formula given to him in hospital, they took the decision to sure Nestle, and the hospital, for not letting them know the facts of the risks.
Today, they lost their case. Why? Because the judge ruled that bacterial contamination of baby formula was a known and accepted risk. Therefore, you can't sue after the event.
Is it a known and accepted risk in your world?
Do you see formula fed babies, and inform the parents of the life threatening risk they are undertaking on behalf of their newborns? Do you make sure pregnant women you know of, know and understand these risks?
Or are you too scared to mention it, in case you are seen as being one of those nutcases?
Are you too scared to tell people that they run the risk of their baby dying from meningitis, from using formula?
If only someone had had the courage to tell this mother.... she may not be standing at her son's graveside, forever blaming herself for not knowing the truth, for not understanding the risks.
Protect formula fed infants - TELL THE MOTHERS WHAT THEY NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE THE DAMN THING AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. Do not tell them not to boil the water as it will ruin the bacteria you've put in from harvesting ground bacteria for cheap omega 3. YOU HAVE TO KILL THE DAMN BACTERIA OR YOU RUN THE RISK OF KILLING THE BABY.
A risk so well known, that you can't sue when your baby dies.
http://boycottnestle.blogspot.com/2007/10/ruling-in-belgium.html