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Vol 48/No. 17 It h,H d. ~t'\\ 't orh. February 15, 1979
by David O'Flaherty & disease related to bottle people in these nations in Thomas Erbland feeding," he said. This is a hospitals, and had hired social The Macke food service result of the lack of proper workers, ''nutrition experts," decided to discontinue the use sterilization facilities, inap and "mother craft person of Nestle products last Friday propriate use of the formula, nel," according to Yablonsky, at the request of Daniel and the absence of anti-bodies in an attempt to convince Yablonsky, an Ithaca College found in amothcr'!->own milk. mothers that bottle junior. Macke is now in the The effects of the misuse of feC'ding i'> the modern. proce~s of planning for the the infant formula manifest it convenient and efficient wav removal of such products, said -;el f in dehydration and of rrnr!->ing childre;1 Allen Clarkson, director of malnutrition which have _ The Nestles corp. has con food services for Macke at irreversible effects on the tinued to adverti~c on radio, J.C. Mackc's decision to child'!'> hrai n de\·elopmen t. calendar, and in ~ome boycott Nestle products was a Proper nutrition is crucial in publicatiom. Other producer~ result of Yablonsky's concern the first six months of life, selling such products to Third over the questionable ad'vcr Yablonsky said. World Natiom have virtually tising and sales of bottle milk Another pf'flblem i~ the ~topped their advertizing cam for babies (Lactogen, Nan and economic inaccessibility of the paigns there in response to the 1 Cerelac) by Nestle in under substitute milk for families, gro\\ing public dismay, said Dan Yablonsky and Assistafll 1 h,,1u h\ /l!il(t' \fortHoltA developed Third World coun according to Yablonsky. If Yablonsky. lv!anaRer Kathy Kemerer tries. mothers stop .breast-feeding, More detailed information services, decided to go along Hot Chocolatl'" and "Tasters The infant mortality rate of their breasts stop producing on the Nestle's controvers) \\ith Yablon~ky's request to Choice Decaffinatl'd Coffee" children weaned on Lactogen, milk and they become depen was documented in a film boycott Neqlc products after a arc to be replaced by Ri\ er Nan and Cerelac in Third dent on the milk substitute to called Bottle Babies, which few day\' deliberation. As to Valley Hot Chocolate and World countries is mmc than feed their babies. The formula was shown to Student hi~ deci~ion, Clarkson said, Sanka decaffinatcd cot i :e. double that of children weaned can cost up to one-third to Congress Thursday night, and "to be a successful company The only rc5ervation on their mother's natural one-half of a family's total which Yablonsky said will be we have to be answerable to Clarhon had about the ~\\itch milk, Yablonsky explained. annual inc9me, intensifying an shown again on campus in the the students that we serve and of products was whether or "Approximately ten million already poor situation. future. · the college administrators." not his supplier could come up babies died last year from Nestle holds clinics for the Clarkson, director of food Clarkson said that "Nestle's continued on /JU!!.£' 15 Students Rall_y for Rights b~· Karen Stuhldrchcr day prior to the Board of right, protectl'd in the judicia