Soya is used to feed cattle and as a base for some artificial baby milk. Growing soya also requires a high amount of fertilizers and irrigation. They also calculated the fuel required for boiling the water would use the entire resources from one of the major forestry projects. The manufacturing of the packaging of artificial baby milk creates toxins and uses paper, plastic, and tin. The resulting 70,000 tons of metal in the form of discarded tins is not recycled.
Harmful dioxins are a byproduct of the papermaking process.
Making artificial baby milk contaminates water. Sewage from dairy cows as well as the fertilizers used to grow feed for them pollute rivers and groundwaters, affecting all ecosystems dependent upon the rivers and groundwaters. John Robbins of Earth Save International estimates that the water pollution attributable to US agriculture, including runoff of soil, pesticides, and manure, is greater than all municipal and industrial sources combined. In addition, half of all wells and surface streams in the US are contaminated by agricultural pollutants. In Third World countries, water is often contaminated, further jeopardizing the health of the infants.