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France passes a law to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in several products

20 Feb 2025 Today, France has passed a new law that will ban PFAS in several products including clothing and cosmetics. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a family of over 10,000 highly persistent synthetic chemicals often called ‘forever chemicals’, because…

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Posters for sharing

IBFAN posters and briefings you can share on Social Media: Breastfeeding and Immunity, the Abbott Contamination Scandal and a poster showing how Medela disguises Conflicts of Interest in Science and charity. This poster was done in April 2023. Medela comment…

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“Improper political interference” in US baby foods puts health and scientific integrity at stake .

US Oversight Subcommittee Staff Report Reveals Top Baby Foods Contain Dangerous Levels of Toxic Heavy Metals (Feb 4th 2021) FDA responds to questions about report on lead, other toxins in baby food. (17th February)   EPA Takes Action to Protect…

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FDA Warns Consumers about Abbott’s Powdered Infant Formula – shortage in USA

The US  Government endorsement of artificial feeding has been and continues to be a huge financial benefit to the US formula industries. The US policy has left citizens without Code regulation, baby friendly support and mandatory maternity leave for decades.…

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IBFAN warns about corporate influence at WHO Executive Board Meeting

IBFAN statements for the WHO Executive Board Meetings – 24-29th January 2022 See earlier Policy Blog for the Background to the EB Discussion.  All the presentations from IBFAN, Civil Society, Member States and WHO can be seen on the WEBCAST…

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Join the civil society opposition the UN Food Systems Summit

Hundreds of grassroots organizations to oppose the UN Food Systems Summit Civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations launch a global counter-mobilization against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit from 25 to 28 July 2021 in Rome and online.  Rome, Italy. 19…

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The Code and other safeguards threatened by UN Voluntary Guidelines on Food

The Code and other safeguards threatened  by corporate friendly Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition.   2021 The Plenary session of the UN  Committee on Word Food Security (CFS47) ended on the 11th February, after several weeks of intense…

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Global Heating – climate emergency – Green feeding

The carbon footprint of breastmilk substitutes in comparison with breastfeeding Johan O. Karlsson, Tara Garnett, Nigel C. Rollins, Elin Roos Carbon Footprint Taking action now, worldwide – and from birth. First we need to talk about: global heating – not…

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IBFAN at WHO’s Executive Board: tackling commercialisation of health care systems

Good article in Health Policy Watch             24th January – 1st February I’ve been at the WHO Executive Board meeting since 24th January –  joining IBFAN GIFA colleagues Alessia Bigi and Fedora Bernard and partner…

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Recent news

  • WHA78: After 3 year struggle, Resolution on Digital Marketing of baby foods adopted
  • IBFAN STATEMENT ON GAZA
  • Baby food pouches – why they should be taken off the market
  • House of Lords calls on on Government to take much stronger action
  • Report shows UK mothers being let down
  • See Tigers with Q&A in Deal
  • France passes a law to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in several products
  • UK Government authority calls for follow-up formula ad ban and generic labelling
  • WHO Member States call for the regulation of Digital marketing of baby foods

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