A Very Expensive, Technically Illegal Workaround to the Formula Shortage

Image credit: Getty. Article by Christina Szalinski. The Atlantic – May 19, 2022.

While some parents struggle to get ahold of formula, others with the means and know-how are turning to the black market.

The baby-formula shortage has been something of a nightmare for Aleisha Velez, a 25-year-old mother of two who lives in Philadelphia. Velez relies on the federal government’s Woman, Infants, and Children (WIC) program to get free formula, which means she can’t just get the product shipped to her home. So over the past two months, she has called store after store to find […]

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