Pollutants from the environment in breast milk

When its fat stores broken down for use in breast milk contaminants accumulated in the fat, get into the milk. Consumption of fish from polluted waters of lakes Ontario and Michigan was the cause of abnormally high levels of PCBs in breast milk. Reported on other localized outbreaks of poisoning of breast milk. It is obvious that women should not eat fish from contaminated waters. Many lakes and rivers placed signs indicating that the water is polluted and that fish caught from it, can not eat. At your local health department can give you information about the sources of contaminated water in your area. But often the level of pollution does not have such a strong influence on a woman's body to harm the baby. Benefits of breastfeeding are unquestionable, and the risk of being a child to harmful substances from the environment is not so great.