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Unicef decries sale of breast milk from Cambodia to US

Thu, Mar 23, 2017 - 5:50 AM

Phnom Penh

UNICEF on Wednesday condemned a company selling breast milk from "vulnerable and poor" Cambodian mothers to Americans, hitting out at the commercialisation of nutrients needed by babies inside the kingdom.

The issue emerged this week after Cambodia said that it had...

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