Grad Student Uses Breast Milk Cheese to Study Biotechnology Ethics

A New York gallery has reportedly offered cheese made with the breast milk
of three nursing women as part of a research project studying the ethics of
modern biotechnology. The Lady Cheese Shop, a temporary art installation,
recently gave out samples of West Side Funk, Midtown Smoke and Wisconsin
Chew made from breast milk, screened for diseases and pasteurized.

Miriam Simun, a New York University graduate student responsible for the
art installation and the cheese, told a news source that she hoped her effort
prompted people to contemplate how human bodies are used as “factories”
that produce blood, hair, sperm, eggs, and organs harvested for others. “Cheese is a conversation starter,” Simun was quoted as saying. “Some people are loving it, and some people are gagging.” See Reuters, May 2, 2011.