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Alaska mom says baby formula shortage 'creating extra panic' as she launches group for struggling parents
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Allie Seckel of Kodiak, Alaska runs the Formula Exchange Group on Facebook, where parents can buy and sell baby formula during the shortage.
"To think that there are people that will take advantage of the situation is pretty mind-blowing, but [scamming is] absolutely happening." "I wanted to come up with some sort of system that made it a little easier to manage, rather than posts all over the place." Improperly stored formulas could potentially cause more harm than good. "Whatever you do, don’t make homemade formula."
"It was something I had noticed," Seckel told Fox News Digital. "Certain formulas here and there were starting to be a little bit harder to find. But I definitely did not anticipate it to be the extent it’s at now."
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