MilkScreen: Device to detect Alcohol content in Breast milk

Alcohol at no point is good, and it's actually bad if you are pregnant or breast feeding a baby. But a few mothers fail to overcome the temptation and continue taking hard drinks even when they are feeding the baby.

To help mothers know when the breast-milk is alcohol free and safest for the baby, two Austin mothers, Elizabeth Smith and Julie Jumonville have invented a device to put the milk to the test.

It's a simple test called Milkscreen.

"It's a two-minute test. It's a test strip with a reagent pad on the end. You express breast milk, just one or two drops, very little, and within two minutes time, you'll have a color change if there's alcohol present," Smith said.

The tab changes color with alcohol content as low as .02.

At this point you can decide as to whether you'll feed the baby or not. You can see the video of MilkScreen here. It comes in a pack of six, which costs $19.95

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