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Big Bottle: The Baby Formula Nightmare

8 pointsby haizhungabout 3 years ago

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robocatabout 3 years ago
Matt says ‘According to Healthy Babies Bright Futures, baby formula made by the big guys in the U.S. is full of dangerous brain-altering heavy metals. HBBF tested thirteen different baby formulas, and every single one had “detectable levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead and&#x2F;or mercury,” which are all considered to be neurotoxic, interfering with brain development and “causing permanent IQ reductions in children.”’.<p>Rather unscientific heavy breathing about heavy metals, since some level must exist in all foods. Matt even links to a mommyhood101.com article in the above, which I guess is the secondary source for his opinion?<p>The question is: what are reasonable limits to exposure for babies? For example, what are the EU limits for baby formula?<p>Here is the original “paper”: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthybabyfood.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;healthybabyfoods.org&#x2F;files&#x2F;2019-10&#x2F;BabyFoodReport_FULLREPORT_ENGLISH_R5b.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.healthybabyfood.org&#x2F;sites&#x2F;healthybabyfoods.org&#x2F;f...</a><p>Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF) paid laboratories to measure amounts, but superficially their analysis looks rather poor I think. Any good links to scientific critiques of their analysis?