Breastfeeding and Environmental Contamination

Ruth Lawrence, MD

Although major health organizations recommend that women of average contamination risk should breastfeed, and that formula fed infants have poorer health, many families do express concern about contaminants in breastmilk, and wonder if they should breastfeed. This podcast addresses strategies to evaluate and counsel families on exposure to environmental contamination and plans to breastfeed.

Recorded in May 2012. Approx 19 minutes.