When Was Commercial Baby Formula ‘Invented’?
A dangerous subthread of baby shortage formula discourse held that commercial infant formula wasn’t used in the 1950s and 60s, and that babies “were fine.”
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A ‘Homemade Baby Formula’ Recipe from 1960 is Viral — and Dangerous
A worsening baby formula shortage led to viral posts advising the use of emergency homemade baby formula, but the rapidly spreading recipe could harm babies.