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Is there no end to government intrusion into our lives?
A young mother in Maine is being threatened by the Department of Health and Human Services to have her infant child taken away and put into foster care. Her crime? Feeding him goat’s milk instead of commercial infant formula.
Alorah Gellerson was not able to breast feed her child, so she developed a formula of goat’s milk that included celery juice, and reports that the child loved it, and “grew like a weed.”
The young mother made a huge mistake, however. She told her pediatrician about the formula. The doctor turned her in to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), which resulted in home visits, an overnight stay in the hospital, a directive to buy “approved” commercial infant formula (most of which contain GMOs and soy) and threats to remove the baby and place him into foster care.
State Threatens To Seize Infant Who was Fed Goat
The story sounds like BS to me. A physician will report in if the health of the child is in danger.
There was probably a whole lot more here than is being reported.
GMOs are not dangerous! It's hard to take somebody seriously when they imply otherwise.
The story sounds like BS to me. A physician will report in if the health of the child is in danger.
There was probably a whole lot more here than is being reported.
Great cover for supporting the huge nanny state that can pounce on someone for finding an alternative nutrition formula for their child. The gov't acted so they must be right. :roll:
The story sounds like BS to me. A physician will report in if the health of the child is in danger.
There was probably a whole lot more here than is being reported.
GMOs are not dangerous! It's hard to take somebody seriously when they imply otherwise.
Why are they so worried about the baby if global warming is going to kill us all anyway?
The American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) doesn’t think so. The Academy reported that “Several animal studies indicate serious health risks associated with GM food,” including infertility, immune problems, accelerated aging, faulty insulin regulation, and changes in major organs and the gastrointestinal system. The AAEM asked physicians to advise patients to avoid GM foods.
Institute for Responsible Technology - GMO Dangers
Guy incognito says it but more importantly so does SCIENCE.Well, Guy Incognito says they're not dangerous and the government says that you will feed them to your children.
How is a free people to argue with that?
Guy incognito says it but more importantly so does SCIENCE.
If anything the SCIENTIFIC jury is still out.
If the department of health didn't respond to the doctor's report, and the kid was harmed, the tea party knownothings would be saying, see, Big Gummit can't even protect babies.
A totally incoherent ideology.
In any case, this is a medical issue: if goat's milk is OK to feed to babies, then she should be left alone. If it's not, then Maine should intervene to protect the kid. It appears the issue is up in the air. I would note that according to the USDA, goat milk is not recommended for infants because it contains inadequate quantities of certain vitamins. But I suspect that's not dispositive. The state should consult a panel of doctors to make a recommendation one way or another.
My guess is the real complaint was about raw milk (goat or otherwise), which is not good for people in general, and definitely not babies.
But I'm sure there is a whole lot more to this story. The state wont publicly say why they did this (its an inappropriate beach of privacy) and the family has its part of the story its telling the paper.
Those guys aren't a recognized medical board. They're just a gaggle of unaccredited hippies.
These people aren't hippies either.
Recommendations for the use of breast-milk substitutes
• Mothers/caregivers should be taught about safe preparation of the breast-milk substitute
• Possible breast-milk substitutes include: commercial infant formula, liquid animal milk (cow or goat), powdered animal milk, evaporated milk
• All other milks are unsuitable for small infants
THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
http://www.who.int/hac/crises/inter...on_guidelines_for_breast_milk_substitutes.pdf
we ain't seen nuthin' yet! wait till Osamacare fully implementsA few years ago I would have agreed with you, but there is so much government intrusion going on today that this story not only sounds possible, but likely.
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