tank girl
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Anyone else a little fazed by the potential "pandoras box" this sort of commercialisation poses?A US firm is looking to commercialise breast milk by selling it to hospitals for the treatment of sick babies...BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4744651.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4744651.stm (4/08/05)
There are no doubts that many positive repercussions that could stem from this in the medical world, probably one really important development on par with the benefits which have arisen from stem cell research...and about time, too.However, one step towards this, in combination with profit-driven imperatives (lacking in any real basic ethical and moral basis) of commercial strategy, what next?
- Might be seeing it next to fortified cows milk and soy on the supermarket shelves in the future???
- Sold as another speciality product on the booming health/beauty market to combat everything from ageing to cancer...next to DHA etc?
-Could we see (obviously in the most extreme scenario) mothers from third world countries voluntering their own milk in order to earn an income to provide companies with the means to meet the demand in western countries?
...just food for thought.