THE BUSINESS OF BABY

THE BUSINESS OF BABY isan eye-opening and meticulously researched work of investigative journalism that challenges our common wisdom about infant care, showing how this wisdom is often distorted—at the expense of the mother and child’s well-being—by the financial interests of the health care industry, pharmaceutical companies, and corporations, from an award-winning contributor to Mothering magazine.

Readers will be shocked to learn that prenatal vitamins contain carcinogenic ingredients; foreskins from circumcised newborns are sold to the beauty and artificial skin industry; and the leading proponent of delayed potty training is a paid spokesperson for Pampers. Despite our state-of-the-art medical technology, the United States has among the highest maternal and infant mortality rates of any country in the industrialized world. Margulis’s scathing critique uncovers how business interests and profit margins undermine the health of pregnant women and their babies and arms parents with the information they need to make informed decisions about their own health and the health of their infants. Jennifer Margulis, Ph.D., is an award-winning journalist. A contributing editor at Mothering magazine and a Schuster Institute Fellow at Brandeis University, her writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, Ms. Magazine, More magazine, Parents, Fit Pregnancy, Parenting; Brain, Child; Pregnancy; Wondertime.