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Re:Do breastfed children have higher IQs? The answer is anno... by khrm on Saturday July 16, 2022 @02:40AM (#32115772)
Also, influences of Milk Formula companies in research on benefits to babies and mothers can't be neglected.

Just see the 1970s Nestle scandal. https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/The_Nestl%C3%A...

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Re:Do breastfed children have higher IQs? The answer is anno... by pawsforthought on Saturday July 16, 2022 @06:47AM (#32116815)
Quite. When there’s a profit motive behind one of two things being compared, and the other is the way things have been for quite literally millions of years, skepticism towards the former should be turned up to full.

See also sunscreen [1].

[1]: https://www.outsideonline.com/health/wellness/sunscreen-sun-...

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