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How long before breast milk becomes so valuable women start selling it for huge profit? I'm going to set up Boober, an app for breast milk delivery and make mi

• DanBC 12y ago
  Breast milk and colustrum is already sold, both in healthcare (eg premature babies) and leisure (a short lived experiment saw a London cafe selling breastmilk icecream). http://www.wired.com/2011/05/ff_milk/ http://www.wired.com/2011/05/ff_milk/
• dagw 12y ago
  It's already happening. You're late to this party.
  • robmcm 12y ago
    ... as with every idea I have.
• ptaipale 12y ago
  Happened a long time ago. Probably already some ancient despot came up with the idea of a healthy diet of breast milk for adults. I've mixed feelings about this (Young mothers make money by selling their breast milk to bodybuilders on Craigslist) http://www.theprovince.com/Young+mothers+make+money+selling+their+breast+milk+bodybuilders+Craigslist/10834072/story.html http://www.theprovince.com/Young+mothers+make+money+selling+... Or this (edit: on wet-nursing children), from 2006: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1535897/The-last-taboo-Chinas-super-rich-mothers-splash-out-on-wet-nurses.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1535897/The-last-t... (edit: on wet-nursing adults), from 2013: http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/04/chinas-rich-developing-taste-for-human-breast-milk-3868655/ http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/04/chinas-rich-developing-taste-f...