Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

USC

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Associate professor of public policy at USC, and a milk donor

Elizabeth Currid-Halkett on KCRW

In a nation that commodifies just about everything, we can now add human breast milk to the list.

The Business of Breast Milk

In a nation that commodifies just about everything, we can now add human breast milk to the list.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

In a nation that commodifies just about everything, we can now add human breast milk to the list.

The Business of Breast Milk

In a nation that commodifies just about everything, we can now add human breast milk to the list.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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