Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/Sncfu9ATiAg   If all UK mothers were to become exclusive breast feeders, the carbon dioxide reduction is equivalent to taking 50-77 thousand automobiles off the road.  A new study British Medical Journal study tallies the savings afforded by nursing mothers.   Cows for dairy and meat production contribute 30% of global greenhouse.  Manufacture, distribution, and preparation of formula further soaks up energy and blows off CO2.  Nearly 3 million tons of carbon dioxide are generated in association with the 720,000 tons of formula that UK babies consume annually.   Only 41% of the world’s babies are breastfed.  Pushing that number toward 100 not only saves our planet but gives our kids a more healthy nutritional start to life.   Naomi Joffe, Flic Webster, Natalie Shenker. Support for breastfeeding is an environmental imperative. BMJ, 2019; l5646 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l5646   #Breastfeeding #carbon #greennewdeal