STUFF : HEALTH - STORY : New Zealand's leading news and information website: "Making a mountain out of a nipple? Health groups create a fizz
26 October 2003
By ANNA CHALMERS
Nipples or mountains? It's a question that has health groups fizzing over beer advertising which they say is irresponsible. Health groups say breweries are producing more aggressive, and often offensive, ad campaigns as they fight to capture dwindling numbers of beer drinkers. Billboards for Waikato Draught and a radio station promotion giving away a year's supply of beer to an 18-year-old have the Alcohol Advisory Board (ALAC) concerned. ALAC acting chief executive Paula Snowden will contact the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) about its recent rejection of two Waikato Draught billboard complaints. Last week the industry watchdog ruled a Hamilton billboard featuring two raised circular shapes with the slogan: 'Winter. It's outstanding', did not break advertising codes. "
Saturday, October 25, 2003
Revealed: UK mums milk second most toxic in world
Survey shows chemicals from everyday products are poisoning breast milk
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
Sunday Herald
"Toxic contamination of mother's breast milk in Britain is among the highest in the world, a new survey by scientists has revealed.
Concentrations of chemical flame retardants, suspected of damaging brain development and causing cancer, are higher in the UK than in Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Finland and Canada. Scientists say the levels are "a real cause for concern", while environmentalists describe them as "shocking" and "extremely worrying"."
Survey shows chemicals from everyday products are poisoning breast milk
By Rob Edwards, Environment Editor
Sunday Herald
"Toxic contamination of mother's breast milk in Britain is among the highest in the world, a new survey by scientists has revealed.
Concentrations of chemical flame retardants, suspected of damaging brain development and causing cancer, are higher in the UK than in Germany, Sweden, Belgium, Finland and Canada. Scientists say the levels are "a real cause for concern", while environmentalists describe them as "shocking" and "extremely worrying"."
Friday, October 24, 2003
Breastfeeding bill heard
By Michael Kunzelman / News Staff Writer Friday, October 24, 2003
BOSTON -- Virginia Schnee didn't hesitate to breast feed her daughter during an assembly at her son's Auburn elementary school in June.
A day later, however, Schnee fielded a phone call from her son's principal, who told her she shouldn't nurse her daughter the next time she visited the school.
'I was so shocked I didn't know what to say,' Schnee recalled. 'My husband and I are still trying to figure out what recourse we have."
By Michael Kunzelman / News Staff Writer Friday, October 24, 2003
BOSTON -- Virginia Schnee didn't hesitate to breast feed her daughter during an assembly at her son's Auburn elementary school in June.
A day later, however, Schnee fielded a phone call from her son's principal, who told her she shouldn't nurse her daughter the next time she visited the school.
'I was so shocked I didn't know what to say,' Schnee recalled. 'My husband and I are still trying to figure out what recourse we have."
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Growth of 30 percent Chinese babies impaired by lack of breast: "Growth of 30 percent Chinese babies impaired by lack of breast
( 2003-10-21 10:07) (people.com)
"Thirty percent of Chinese women are unable to breast feed their babies for various reasons, which impairs the normal growth of their infants at the same percentage, said Ding Zongyi, a celebrated Chinese professor on baby medical science, on Monday. Heavy workload and life pressures or physical conditions, including the lack of milk, were major reasons leading to young mothers' failure to breast feed, Ding said. "
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