Saturday, 19 February 2022

Cash 'Cows'?

It has been reported that some women are earning as much as £10,000 by selling their breast milk online to body builders (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/feb/19/growing-sales-of-breast-milk-online-amid-warnings-about-risks). It is not exactly clear, why body builders rate human milk so highly. Experts have, however, warned that human milk can contain drugs, as well as harmful bacteria and viruses (including HIV, the agent causing AIDS). Online breast milk will not have been tested for any of these contaminants. It may not even be human breast milk. E-Bay are now removing advertisements for this material from their app.

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