Blond bombshell and PETA spokeswoman Pamela Anderson knows how to grab the attention of President Trump — and the world.
Moving in to settle a fight over breastfeeding, Anderson cited her own experiences and said simply, “Breast is best.”
In a letter to the World Health Organization on behalf of PETA, she endorsed the group’s support for breastfeeding after the New York Times suggested in a story that the Trump administration was favoring formula.
“Thank you for standing firm in support of breastfeeding. Breast is best — that’s why I nursed my own sons and I encourage other moms to continue this natural practice, which has been essential to human health since the dawn of time,” said Anderson.
The administration said it wants to keep formula in the mix for new mothers, and Trump ripped a report from the Times that he wants to “water down an international resolution supporting breastfeeding.”
The failing NY Times Fake News story today about breast feeding must be called out. The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding but we don’t believe women should be denied access to formula. Many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 9, 2018
Trump tweeted this week, “The failing NY Times Fake News story today about breast feeding must be called out. The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding but we don’t believe women should be denied access to formula. Many women need this option because of malnutrition and poverty.”
Anderson used her note to suggest that cow milk, often sent overseas in powdered form, isn’t good for human babies and collecting it can be cruel.
“There is nothing natural about giving human babies milk that is meant for baby cows—who have four stomachs and gain hundreds of pounds in a matter of months. In fact, cow’s milk is the number one cause of allergies in babies and children, and it has been linked to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis,” she wrote the director of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Her letter is below:
July 10, 2018
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General
World Health Organization
Dear Dr. Ghebreyesus,
Thank you for standing firm in support of breastfeeding. Breast is best—that’s why I nursed my own sons and I encourage other moms to continue this natural practice, which has been essential to human health since the dawn of time.
There is nothing natural about giving human babies milk that is meant for baby cows—who have four stomachs and gain hundreds of pounds in a matter of months. In fact, cow’s milk is the number one cause of allergies in babies and children, and it has been linked to cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis.
Buying dairy-based formula also supports horrific cruelty to animals. As my friends at PETA have documented, cows on dairy farms are forcibly impregnated over and over again, and their calves are torn away from them when they are only a day old so that humans can siphon and sell their milk. Heartbroken mother cows cry out in mourning for days over their missing calves.
Thank you for recognizing that the perfect food for human infants is right under our noses.
Sincerely,
Pamela Anderson
