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# How inequities make the baby formula shortage worse for many families
- URL: https://werd.io/how-inequities-make-the-baby-formula-shortage-worse-for-many/
- Published: 2022-05-16T22:08:12.000Z
- Updated: 2022-05-16T22:08:12.000Z
- Author: Ben Werdmuller
- Tags: #Import 2025-06-13 09:23

“In the meantime, parents have begun stockpiling if they can – and rationing when they can’t. Much of the burden is falling on households that need financial assistance: The White House noted that people on the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) account for about half of all infant formula purchases. Parents who work lower-income jobs often need to rely on formula more because their jobs do not allow for them to establish breastfeeding easily – assuming a parent can produce enough milk to begin with.”

\[[Link](https://19thnews.org/2022/05/baby-formula-shortage-crisis-carla-cevasco/)\]