Unregulated websites selling breast milk attract tens of thousand of users in theUS, the research found. One site reported growing by 800 users each month. It also reported an emerging market in theUKon specialist sites as well as general retail sites including Gumtree and Craigslist. Premium prices of up $4 (£2.70) per fluid ounce (30ml) are offered by mothers who purport to eat only organic or vegan food, or can boast having “fat, chubby babies”, the researchers found.
调查发现,在美国,不受监管的人奶售卖网站吸引了数万用户。有网站据称每月增长800名用户。此外,调查也发现英国的专业网站和普通零售网站,如 Gumtree和Craigslist等,也开始成为网购人奶的新兴市场。研究人员发现,优质的人奶的价格高达每盎司(30毫升)4美元,供应者声称只吃有机食品或素食,也有人吹嘘自己有“胖嘟嘟的婴儿”。
The online market caters primarily for mothers who are unable to breastfeed their babies, serving as a cheaper alternative to regulated milk banks, where the milk is always pasteurised. But consumers also include cancer patients who believe breast milk has health benefits and gym enthusiasts who believe breast milk is a natural superfood. A third group of adult consumers are fetishists “who like to be fed like a baby, either from source or from a bottle”, according to Steele.
斯蒂尔表示,网上市场主要服务于那些无法用母乳喂养自己婴儿的母亲,相对于政府监管的奶源库来说,这个途径更便宜,政府监管的奶源库都是经过巴氏杀菌的。但也不乏其他类型的消费者,比如癌症患者,他们认为人奶有益于健康;此外,健身爱好者们也认为人奶是天然的超级食品。第三类消费人群是有特殊癖好的成年人,他们喜欢“像婴儿一样被喂食,要么直接从乳头吸食,要么从奶瓶里喝。”
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