Remember the melamine contamination problem in China that killed at least 3 babies and made 50,000 others sick?
Well, after that happened, the FDA quietly tested US-made formula and found trace contaminations of melamine. The US government didn't disclose the tests, until The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request:
Link - Thanks Pax!Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. The Food and Drug Administration said last month it was unable to identify any melamine exposure level as safe for infants, but a top official said it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop feeding infant formula to babies who depend on it.
"The levels that we are detecting are extremely low," said Dr. Stephen Sundlof, director of the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. "They should not be changing the diet. If they've been feeding a particular product, they should continue to feed that product. That's in the best interest of the baby."
Breast fed babies have higher IQ's growing up.
No formula is advanced enough to replace mother's milk.
'Trace' means minuscule amounts. The sad thing is if people learned that scientists found carcinogens in their morning weeties, they'd probably not wait around to understand what 'trace' means.
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Perhaps you should have used the pre-amble, "For those mothers who are able to breastfeed, but choose not to..." But then again, those mothers probably don't care what you have to say about it.
Of course breast-feeding is the best way to nourish a baby, but there are myriad reasons many women can't. How mean-spirited to espouse rumor and innuendo to lay on top of the guilt already shoveled on our shoulders.
At what point should the organization in charge of protecting the food supply be willing to share information about deadly contaminants found in food? Only when they've found enough for it to kill someone, which would of course mean with such a large food supply, that by then it would have already killed someone?
I never cease to be fascinated by people who demand more secrecy and lies from their government.
No traces of melamine in breast milk. And I'd much rather see my wife get her breasts out than a bottle:)
If formula is required, it should be a given that it is safe. I find it disturbing that these findings were covered up. Someone obviously cares more about PR than the health of babies.
You want to know what`s really going on?? And what you feed your children and babies??? Then go google and type: ,,melamine found in..." and your eyes will go open!