Melamine in US Baby Formula: URGENT Health Alert
I’m confused. Yahoo news is reporting that there is Melamine in infant formula. The FDA says that there is no acceptable limit for Melamine in infant formula. The FDA also says that we (parents) shouldn’t overreact.
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.”
I get that I’m just a housewife (with a graduate degree) and I couldn’t possibly really understand what the scientists know…
Previously undisclosed tests, obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, show that the FDA has detected melamine in a sample of one popular formula and the presence of , in the formula of a second manufacturer.
Oh forget it. Can I scream from the mountaintops? You are killing our children! I have two kids and a husband and without my kids guess what I’ve got? Nothing, not a damn thing. The FDA said in October “FDA is currently unable to establish any level of melamine and melamine-related compounds in infant formula that does not raise public health concerns.”
So what is it? Is a little bit of Melamine okay when it’s not your child?
Is it okay if the kidney stones are small?
Which scientist/policy maker/corportate giant is going to rock the babies when they pass kidney stones?
How much profit is there when you medicate the mothers who are mourning the loss of their children?
We were furious when babies died in China, are we only irritated when they’re deliberately poisoned here in the USA?
Where is the outrage? This is a failure and an abomination. For those of you who are even considering posting about how babies should ONLY have breastmilk… don’t even think about it. Not today.
If you have a baby, or a friend has a baby here are some important facts.
- Three tests of Nestle’s Good Start Supreme Infant Formula with Iron detected an average of 0.247 parts per million of cyanuric acid, a melamine byproduct.
- Nestle’s Peptamen Junior medical food showed 0.201 and 0.206 parts per million of melamine while Nestle’s Nutren Junior-Fiber showed 0.16 and 0.184 parts per million.
- Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who heads a panel that oversees the FDA budget, said the agency was taking a “marketplace first, science last” approach.
- Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., a frequent critic of the FDA, said: “If no safe level of melamine has been established for consumption by children, then the FDA should immediately recall any formula that has tested positive for even trace amounts of the contaminant.”
- The FDA’s melamine guidance: http://www.fda.gov/oc/opacom/hottopics/melamine.html
if any of you find a source for SAFE infant formula could you please let me know asap?
thanks!
(combine this email address so it all goes together with no breaks: out dora ble @ hotmail.com )
what organic formula ..stop babelling..if it was found in any than in similac…and they dont disclose witch one of theirs…..nature one guranties no melamine..in their organic formula……nature one does not buy anything from china,…and there is the key…….and nature one is american..and a small company..and only their coconut oil is comming from a latin american source ..believe me ..i called and had paperwork send from all of them nature one was the most forth comming…….
Oh gosh, I didn’t realize that there still comments coming in here.
I don’t know.
I don’t have the answers. I hate that I only have red flags and questions. Can I recommend calling your pediatricians and your senators?
I would still suggest trying Nature’s Own. I order it from the US (they don’t sell it in Canada) and there is something about the company that sits well with my mama instincts (which might be the best thing to go on these days). They seem to care about what they are doing. Check out their website and see for yourself. They have done their own testing for melamine and declare themselves untainted. Everything is made in the US.
My Organic Baby is the only organic brand of formula you can get in Vancouver. I tried it 6 months ago and it was disgusting. Tasted like rotten fish. Needless to say my baby thought so too. Again, my mamadar immediately thought “this company is just trying to take my money and doesn’t care about the product.” I felt the same way each time I read the 500 item long ingredient list on the mainstream products. One must be careful about the “organic” label these days. It doesn’t always mean what you think.
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I imagine China carries a lot of clout:
“As of October 2008, Chinas Treasury securities holdings were $653 billion, accounting for 21.5% of total foreign ownership of U.S. Treasury securities, making it the largest foreign holder of U.S. Treasuries (replacing Japan in September 2008).”
Congressional Research Service Report RL34314
Chinas Holdings of U.S. Securities: Implications for the U.S. Economy
Wayne M. Morrison, Specialist in Asian Trade and Finance; Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy
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