Scimex: The sale of human breast milk on the internet poses serious risks to
infant health and needs urgent regulation, argue experts in The BMJ
today. UK experts have highlighted the dangers of buying breast milk on the
internet. They warn the sales are not regulated and the milk is often
unpasteurised or not tested for contamination, pointing to previous
research that showed only 9 out of 101 milk samples tested had no
bacterial growth or that 25 per cent of samples were contaminated with
drugs or other substances.
