
Reports and briefing of the Working Group on Residues in Breastmilk
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July 2011: Biomonitoring of Human Milk |
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1 October 2007: Guidelines for Developing a National Protocol |
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5 June 2008: Communicating human biomonitoring results to ensure policy coherence with public health recommendations |
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27 June 2006: Pro-REACH groups say: “Breast is still best” |
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2004 Environmental Threat to Breastfeeding |
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Towards Healthy Environments for Children - Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about breastfeeding in a contaminated environment. PDF file (612 kb). Produced by IBFAN and partner organisations. |
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20 December 2000 - IBFAN Guideline Statement on Breastfeeding and Dioxins |
"WHO's Department of Food Safety presents studies on on Biomonitoring of Human Milk for Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) at http://www.who.int/foodsafety/chem/pops/en/ and with concludes:
"Given that breastfeeding reduces child mortality and has health benefits
that extend into adulthood, every effort has ben made to protect, promote
and support breastfeeding in the context of these studies".

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