Third fully revised and updated edition, published May 2009 <> Every thirty seconds a baby dies from infections due to a lack of breastfeeding and the use of bottles, artificial milks and other risky products. In this powerful book Gabrielle Palmer desccribes how big business uses subtle techniques to pressure parents to use alternatives to breastmilk. The infant feeding companies' thirst for profit systematically undermines mothers' confidence in their ability to breastfeed their babies. <> "The Politics of Breastfeeding - When Breasts are Bad for Business" exposes infant feeding as one of the most important public health issues of our time.