A class action suit is being prepared against manufacturers of two baby formulas that are given to preterm babies.
The formulas are being blamed for cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), an intestinal disease that can cause inflammation and sometimes can be fatal.
Top Class Actions, a group of journalists who report on class action suits in the US, claims the manufacturers—Abbott and Mead Johnson—suspected their products could cause the disease, but did little to inform the public.
The formulas, Abbott’s Similac and Read’s Enfamil, were specifically created for premature babies. But studies have revealed that babies who were fed the cow’s milk formulas are more likely than breastfed babies to develop NEC.
One study, published by The Lancet in 1990, discovered that pre-term babies fed one of the formulas were between six and 10 times more likely to develop NEC than babies who were only breastfed. In 2015, a study found that babies with a very low birth weight halved their risk of NEC if they were breastfed.
(Source: www.topclassactions.com)
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