Last update: Jan. 30, 2014
Moderately safe. Probably compatible.
Mild risk possible. Follow up recommended.
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We do not have alternatives for DDT.
Suggestions made at e-lactancia are done by APILAM´s pediatricians and pharmacists, and are based on updated scientific publications.
It is not intended to replace the relationship you have with your doctor but to compound it.
Your contribution is essential for this service to continue to exist. We need the generosity of people like you who believe in the benefits of breastfeeding.
Thank you for helping to protect and promote breastfeeding.
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e-lactancia is a resource recommended by Asociación Española de Bancos de Leche Humana from Spain
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Persistent organic pollutant (POP) that has been banned throughout the world. It is hope that those levels found in breast milk and other food will decrease within the next decades. It is not necessary to let breast milk be tested except if extraordinary exposure has occurred.
Benefits of breastfeeding are largely more important than risk related to the presence of mild level environment pollutants in human milk, in many instances, they are at lower content than those found in cow’s milk or other foods. (Codex alimentarius FAO-WHO).