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Breast pumps may introduce harmful bacteria to babies’ gut microbiome

13 February 2019

Milk from breast pumps contains more pathogens than milk that is directly breastfed, which may explain why asthma is more common in bottle-fed infants

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Breast pumps may introduce harmful bacteria to babies’ gut microbiome

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