Venezuela considers taking bottles from babies' mouths

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Venezuela considers taking bottles from babies' mouths

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-considers-taking-bottles-babies-mouths-195601333.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5uqDtnNzQsA03Devfe2ILQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-06-14T195601Z_1_CBRE95D1JDH00_RTROPTP_2_POPULATION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A nurse fills baby bottles inside the child care unit at the Santa Ana public maternity hospital in Caracas" align="left" title="A nurse fills baby bottles inside the child care unit at the Santa Ana public maternity hospital in Caracas" border="0" /></a>CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress will discuss legislation next week that would prohibit bottle feeding of infants to try to encourage breast feeding and reduce the use of baby formula, said a lawmaker of the ruling Socialist Party. Legislator Odalis Monzon said the proposal would &quot;prohibit all types of baby bottles&quot; as a way to improve children's health. &quot;We want to increase the love (between mother and child) because this has been lost as a result of these transnational companies selling formula,&quot; Monzon said on state television on Thursday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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