Comments by "Gaza is not Amalek" (@Ass_of_Amalek) on "The Breast Milk Business Is Booming" video.

  1. Ganu D there has long been a huge propaganda campaign by infant formula producers such as nestlé in third world countries that's been lying to mothers that formula is better for babies than breastmilk. in some countries nestlé handed out free formula to new mothers in just the right quantity that they would stop lactating and then buy more. worst of all, in many places formula was pushed on people who had no access to clean water, and many babies have gotten sick or died because of toxins and pathogens in the water that their mothers used for their formula, thinking that they were doing what was best for the baby. nestlé got sued big time for that, but stuff like that is still going on. in the 2000s, formula has been pushed hard in china, too, and there was a huge scandal in which big chinese producers of powdered milk that was used for formula illegally added highly toxic melamine to their products so that the usual tests would show a healthy higher protein content. dozens of babies died and thousands got sick, and ultimately supermarkets in many other countries like all over the EU ended up rationing milk powder because chinese people were buying the stuff everywhere to send back home, since nobody trusted the chinese quality controls anymore. that was pretty crazy. if I remember correctly, breastfeeding is seen as a sign of poverty in china, like you would only do it if you can't afford formula. and there is a widespread belief that dairy products in general make kids grow taller, which is supposedly why westerners are usually taller than east asians. I don't think it's much of a mystery where they got those ideas from.
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