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.”
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.”
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.
A nationwide formula shortage worsened in May 2022, and experts provided scant applicable advice for parents of infants reliant on formula.