Arsenic and toxic metals found in baby foods

Baby foods used to wean infants off milk have been found to contain "alarming" levels of toxic contaminants including arsenic, lead and cadmium.

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Richard Gray and Alastair Jamieson
Telegraph

Last night there were calls for urgent new safety rules to control the presence of the poisons in foods intended for young children.

The findings come as officials at the Food Standards Agency and the European Commission are conducting an urgent review to establish new limits for the long term exposure of these contaminants in food.

The products tested by the researchers were made by major baby food manufacturers including Organix, Hipp, Nestle and Holle - some of which are available in British supermarkets.

Researchers found feeding infants twice a day on the shop-bought baby foods such as rice porridge can increase their exposure to arsenic by up to fifty times when compared to breast feeding alone.

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Gender bending chemical Bisphenol A will be banned from baby bottles in EU

Daily Mail

A potentially harmful chemical commonly found in plastic baby bottles is to be banned from their manufacture from next year.

Tests show that Bisphenol A (BPA) can leach from the bottle into any liquid it contains, with potentially damaging results. The organic compound is believed to affect development in young children.

The European Union yesterday approved the ban, which will come into effect in Europe next year.

The chemical is widely used in making hard, clear plastic and is commonly found in food and drink containers. But last month Canada officially classed Bisphonel A as toxic because of its 'biological diversity' and several U.S. manufacturers have voluntarily withdrawn the compound.

EU commissioner John Dalli said: 'There were areas of uncertainty, deriving from new studies, which showed that BPA might have an effect on development, immune response and tumour promotion.

'The decision ... is good news for European parents who can be sure that as of mid-2011 plastic infant feeding bottles will not include BPA.'

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Dismay over EU decision not to ban baby bottle chemical bisphenol-A

Tom Levitt
The Ecologist

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says no convincing evidence to cause it to ban or further restrict
exposure to the controversial chemical bisphenol-A used in plastic bottles and containers

Health campaigners have reacted with dismay after EU officials decided against restricting or banning bisphenol-A (BPA), despite evidence of links to breast cancer.

BPA is a synthetic chemical used to make plastic drinking bottles, baby bottles and storage containers as well as the lining of some food and drink cans. It is applied as a coating to the insides of food cans, which can then be heated to kill off bacteria without the metal in the can contaminating the food contents.

European food safety officials say the current evidence does not provide convincing evidence of the toxicity of BPA.

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Researchers discover up to 40 times more aluminium in baby formula than breast milk

Jenny Hope
Daily Mail

Formula baby milk can contain 40 times more aluminium than breast milk, potentially causing health problems in later life, claim researchers.

Traces of the metal in milk from some of the UK's leading products were found to be much higher than is legally allowed in water, according to scientists.

One formula made by Cow & Gate – specifically marketed for premature babies – had the highest level of all, with more than 800 micrograms per litre.

European law states water can contain no more than 200 micrograms of aluminium per litre. Chemist Dr Chris Exley, who led the study at Keele University, Staffordshire, said: 'We've known about the high aluminium content in infant formula for many years and there is evidence to show it is potentially quite dangerous.

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