By JOAN LOWY
Scripps Howard News Service
April 08, 2004
"Maine is about to become the first state to ban a widely used flame retardant that has been found in the breast milk of American and European women and that studies show is accumulating rapidly in people, wildlife and the environment. A bill approved this week by the Maine legislature bans the sale of products containing the brominated flame retardant known as deca beginning Jan. 1, 2008. The ban is contingent on a finding by the state Department of Environmental Protection and the legislature that safer alternatives are available...."

Avoid Feeding Babies Fluoridated Water, Researchers Caution
Posted by NYS Coalition Opposed to Fluoridation on Friday April 9, 2004 at 3:33 am MST
"New York - April 2204 - Infant formulas prepared with fluoridated water increase dental fluorosis risk, according to the April 2004 Journal of the American College of Nutrition(1) and other studies. To prevent this tooth staining, researchers caution against mixing infant formulas with fluoridated water...."

New row: Nova presenter Kate Langbroek.


Kate's new breastfeeding row
Kate Langbroek breastfeeding in public has caused another storm
08apr04

THERE was drama at Seven Stones in St Kilda yesterday when radio host Kate Langbroek was asked to stop breastfeeding her baby in the restaurant.

Langbroek was flabbergasted at My Restaurant Rules contestant Peter Georgas's request that she move to the lounge area to feed little Lewis Lewis, after she had finished her meal...
http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,9219845%255E2902,00.html

Woman buys car after selling her breast milk
Ananova
March 31, 2004
"A woman who has sold over 500 litres of her breast milk since last May, has bought a car with the income. Anette Lie was paid 11 pounds per litre and has made a total of 5,275 pounds, says Nettavisen quoting the Kanal 24 radio station."