HIDDEN DANGER FOR BABIES REVEALED

The Highwire with Del Bigtree

News, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Baby formula or breastfeeding? New legal actions have uncovered hidden dangers of certain baby formulas. Meanwhile, the overall health and wellness benefits of breastfeeding for not only the baby, but the mother as well, continues to stack up.

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0:00.0	So team have been covering this behind the scenes a little bit just following and tracking
0:04.4	this story.
0:05.4	There's some lawsuits going on that have really opened up at this point.
0:10.3	We feel comfortable reporting on them with baby formula.
0:13.3	You know, this is something we were to report it on weekly stories like this.
0:17.2	But again, with COVID happening, it's COVID-centric typically.
0:20.1	But this is this is what one of the headlines look like.
0:23.1	Why are lawsuits being filed over baby formula causing NEC?
0:26.0	And we'll go over that with that is in a second.
0:28.5	It says in this article, when a preterm infant that's a preemie is given cow-based baby
0:33.2	formula and get sick as a result, healthcare providers and manufacturers may face legal
0:37.2	claims for medical negligence and product liability.
0:39.8	Wow.
0:40.8	Studies have shown that certain type of baby formula increase risk of necrotizing enter
0:46.0	colitis.
0:47.0	That's the NEC.
0:48.0	When a preemie is fed bovine-based baby formula, the risk of necrotizing enter colitis
0:52.4	is even greater.
0:54.6	And for anybody that knows, NEC results in inflammation and causes death of the intestinal
1:00.3	tissue and it can lead to death in the infant.
1:03.4	So this is opening up now baby formula makers like Simalak are facing lawsuits.
1:09.7	And this is increasing.
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