LONDON — English parents who use bottled water to make up baby milk could be hurting their children because some brands contain levels of uranium that could harm a developing child, the Daily Mail reported on Oct. 22.
Bottled waters pick up minerals from the rock they pass through and could contain uranium, a heavy metal that is particularly toxic to the kidneys, the article said.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has estimated that using some natural mineral waters to make baby formula could mean infants receive more uranium than the daily limit set by the World Health Organization (WHO), the article added.
According to the article, the FSA tested 170 samples of bottled water from 15 brands that all met the WHO guideline level for adults, which is 15 micrograms of uranium per liter, but 23 samples from six brands exceeded the recommended limit for infants of 3.2 micrograms. To read the full story, click here.
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