Diluting infant formula can prove fatal for kids
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Adding even a little water to the infant formula – an artificial substitute for human breast milk
- can prove fatal for children, a conference has heard.
Water intoxication, especially in babies, can cause sodium in the blood to plummet, causing seizures, brain damage and, in severe cases, death.
Pediatrician James Orlowski told NBC today that few people have any clue that too much water can be dangerous, particularly to tiny tots who cannot typically tolerate extra H2O in their
diets until they’re at least 10 months old.
Such was the case of 23-year-old Jeri Moss, who in an attempt to save and stretch out meals for her hungry five-month-old son, watered down his formula, which almost killed the child.
“If I had known it was harmful. I never would have done it,” Scientific American quoted her as saying. (ANI)
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nyscof said:
The water is even more damaging if it contains fluoride. The American Dental Association, the Centers for Disease Control and the Academy of General Dentistry all advise that concentrated infant formula should NOT be mixed with fluoridated water. This puts babies at high risk of developing dental fluorosis – yellow discolored teeth which is the body’s outward warning that too much fluoride was ingested. Unseen is the damage fluoride ingestion causes to bones, thyroid and kidney function. Also, over 20 studies done in other countries link low level fluoride ingestion to lowered IQ
Since fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth, there is no harm from avoiding it.See http://www.fluorideaction.net/health
Fluoride should be removed from all water supplies immediately, If parents don’t know that they shouldn’t super-dilute infant formula, they certainly are unaware of the danger to their babies that fluoridated tap water delivers. Obviously, we can’t trust our health departments and legislators to properly inform people – because they already havn’t done so even though researchers told them to do so before the year 2000 and after.
Take action to stop fluoridation here: http://congress.fluorideaction.net
Fluoridation 101
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscofDecember 16th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
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