Milkscreen
Milkscreen is an at-home test for the presence of alcohol in breast milk, designed for nursing mothers who worry whether their imbibing habits are being passed along to their infants.
Fast Facts
- Creators: Julie Jumonville and Elizabeth Smith
- Sold in boxes of three, eight, or twenty strips1
- Suggested retail price: 3/$4.99; 8/$9.99; 20/$19.991
- When strips saturated with breast milk, positive or negative test provided in two minutes1
- Strip changes color to alert mother to presence of alcohol
- Mothers encouraged not to "pump and dump" since it doesn't work1
Invention and Controversy
According to the creators of Milkscreen, breast milk with alcohol concentrations above 0.03% causes feeding children to sleep less and drink less milk. Because two percent of the alcohol a mother consumes enters her milk as well as her bloodstream, children feeding during periods when the mother is still metabolizing the alcohol will be exposed.1
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