Buying breast milk online? Beware - South Texas, Corpus Christi,
Coastal Bend  Buying breast milk online? Beware  By Nadia
Kounang  (CNN) -- Donated breast milk is "liquid gold at our
house," says Stacy Richards, 37.  The liquid gold is for Simeon,
Richards' adopted 11-month-old son. He was born with Down
syndrome and suffers from chronic lung disease. Richards
believes "breast is best" but couldn't breastfeed, so she turned
to the next best thing.  Initially, she sought milk on community
milk sharing sites, like "Eats on Feets," and "Human Milk 4
Human Babies," but didn't feel comfortable getting milk from
strangers. "We didn't know who those women were. They didn't
have a safety net," said Richards. Instead, she relied on
trusted friends.  Richards had every right to worry, according
to a new study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. The
study found milk bought off of the Internet through social media
sites was more than twice as likely to be contaminated with
infection-causing bacteria and three ti