Environmental cost of formula milk should be a matter of global concern
'The production of unnecessary infant and toddler formulas exacerbates environmental damage and should be a matter of increasing global concern,' argue experts.
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Much like the environmental cost of meat consumption, this is targeted at an agenda of promoting preference over fixing the actual issue. Preference in this case is breast feeding; in the other case, it's vegetarian diet.
The actual problem is environmentally unsound agriculture practices, and overproduction of product supporting wasteful consumption habits. Fixing these would go a lot farther in protecting the environment than promoting niche agendas.
