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Article: Expert: Don't bank on Web breast milk.(News)
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- The Boston Herald
- Article date:
- April 13, 2006
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Byline: JESSICA FARGEN
Demand for breast milk has hit a 20-year high in the United States, which has some experts worried that desperate women who can't afford to buy expensive milk to nurse their babies will turn to the Internet, where mother's milk is sold cheaply and without regulation.
At $3 an ounce - about $100 a day - many moms can't afford to buy from a regulated milk bank, but with a few clicks they can find it for as little as $1 an ounce. Diseases such as HIV and hepatitis can be transmitted through untreated breast milk.
"Buyers should beware that they may even be getting goat's milk from somebody who just wants to make money. ...