In recent years, the buying and sharing of breast milk online has grown in popularity, but little is known about the safety of the practice.
A new study, published in the journal Pediatrics on Monday, suggests that human milk purchased on the Internet contains high levels of bacteria and is potentially harmful to infants.
Researchers logged on to one of the most popular milk sharing websites in the U.S. and arranged to have milk shipped to a rented mailbox in Ohio. They compared 101 unpasteurized samples purchased from various online sellers to 20 samples provided by a milk bank, prior to pasteurization.
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