Sure, formula is so convenient, yada yada, let's "free women" yada yada. Nope, not buying it. For more than you want to read about the topic, turn to the book, Milk, Money, and Madness: The Culture and Politics of Breastfeeding

by Dia Michels.

As for contamination-- you think local water supplies have more or less contamination than breast milk? While not perfect, the mother's body filters out a lot of crap.

And no, she wasn't the only implementer. My wife had a full time job and it was up to me to make sure the children got taken to her office at the right time to get fed. She did not and could not have breast fed the kids on her own.

Some moms have no choice and are physically unable to breast feed. Some have choice removed by external economic pressures. But for the rest choosing formula instead of breast milk is justified how? Laziness? Greed? Those are excuses and explanations, not justifications.