I'm not sure if this is the appropriate way to address something that was published in the last OHPE, however, here goes. In section B, there is an announcement for the International Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Day. I checked out one of the websites listed, www.acbr.com/fas/ and found this on the homepage: "Many of society's most persistent problems stem from a single source: pregnant women drinking alcohol causing neurological damage to the child. The injured child is unable to meet the demands of parents, family, peers, school, career, adherence to rules, and enters a lifetime cycle of failures. Often the neurological damage goes undiagnosed, but not unpunished." Really? While I certainly don't deny that drinking during pregnancy has very harmful effects on the fetus, and I'm sure that the leaders of TRIUMF project have the best intentions, what about addressing why women drink and all the other factors that affect children, including access to health care and education, exposure to environmental toxins, freedom from molestation and physical violence against themselves and their mothers? What about the effects of alcohol and drug use by the father on the fetus? Why are we engaging in blaming the mother for all of society's problems? This is ludicrous and also dangerous. I thought we had moved beyond this kind of witch hunt. I am interested in the opinions of others on this issue. Christine Marton Doctoral student Faculty of Information Studies, U of T [log in to unmask]