Mums' breasts worth $2.2
billion
09:49 AEDT Thu Mar 17 2005
The breasts of Australian mothers are worth $2.2 billion a
year, a new study shows.
The NSW Health breastfeeding study said mothers should be
counted as food producers and recommends breast pumps be
GST-free, The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports.
Australian National University economist Julie Smith
calculated for the study that the 34 million litres of breast
milk produced by Australian mothers a year was worth $2.2
billion.
This was based on the milk's value in European milk banks,
where breast milk is stored and sold.
The study also listed the environmental and health benefits
of breastfeeding and recommends mothers feed infants only
breast milk to the age of six months and then partially until
12 months.
The study will form the basis of an new breastfeeding
policy. | | |
Denise Hynd
"Let us support one another, not just in philosophy but in action, for the
sake of freedom for all women to choose exactly how and by whom, if by anyone,
our bodies will be handled."
� Linda Hes
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A good news story about the value of
breastmilk...
Helen
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