What is the most disturbing example of a breastmilk substitute and its effects on babies health?
In developing countries the formula fed baby has a 16 to 25 fold risk of dying of diarrhoeal disease and subsequent dehydration compared to breastfed infants. Following recent reports of potential intrinsic contamination with Enterobacter sakazakii or other pathogens, a baby fed with such powdered infant formula may develop meningitis, sepsis or necrotising enterocolitis. 4 infants died in Belgium, New Zealand and France recently and we can only guess at how many more died in developing countries where no analysis can be made of the formula.
