Podcasts are back

Fans of my weekly podcast - whoever you may be - will know that there have been problems with updates this last three weeks. I'll explai...

A little knowledge can be dangerous

A rather sad and tragic story today. A Yale student working in a poor community in Rwanda found a mother infected with HIV breastfeeding her...

Trading Standards abandons infants and the law

Yesterday I wrote of the prohibited claims that baby food companies in the UK are using on new formula labels. One of the companies respons...

Aptamil joins the rest waiting for Trading Standards

A new label for Aptamil formulas reaches shelves in the UK following the crack down on illegal claims by the authorities. But if you read th...

Putting processed effluent into formula

Do you know why infant formula is called 'formula'? It is because at the end of the 19th century a tailored and complex formula was ...

Synchronising action on water

I've written in the past about my São Lourenço hat and its significance. São Lourenço is an historic spa town in Brazil, where I spent ...

Nestlé-Free Zones continue

International Nestlé-Free Week may have come to an end on Sunday, but the boycott continues until Nestlé accepts and abides by the four-poin...