From today’s editorial section, About Breast-Feeding…:

For right now, the science comes down hard on behalf of educating women about the clear advantages of breast-feeding. But that is no license to imply that mothers who cannot breast-feed or choose not to are putting their babies in grave danger. Experts on both sides agree that formulas are safe and nutritious. Millions of Americans have thrived on them and are doing quite nicely as far as we can see.

Emphasis mine. They got the right idea — finally — but it sure took them a long time to respond.

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