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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