1.   Nutritionally, infant formulas are almost identical to breast milk.

2.   The powdered milk was not as good as breast milk, and was downright dangerous when it was mixed with unclean water.

3.   The hepatitis B virus has been isolated from breast milk.

4.   This special form of vitamin D is naturally present in breast milk.

5.   Administration of a drug to the mother also means its administration to the fetus or neonate through placental transfer or breast milk.

6.   Also, it occurs in breast milk in higher amounts than in the milk of hormone-treated cows.

7.   Among the Mossi of Burkina Faso, a new mother gives her first drop of breast milk to the doll she tended throughout her pregnancy.

8.   And the company loses money when women take time away from work to express breast milk.

9.   Another disadvantage of antidepressants is that they pass into breast milk, and their effect on infants is unknown.

10.   And, as an added benefit, breast milk protects the baby from potentially fatal diarrhea caused by formula mixed with unclean water.