Jan said:
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> I think the best recommendation you can make to mothers is to use bottled
> distilled water.  If you look at the ingredients in the formula, they are
> identical, regardless as to whether we are talking about concentrate,
powder, or
> RTF.  Therefore, the babies who are getting formula from concentrate or
powder
> are getting a DIFFERENT formulation than babies getting RTF since the
> formula will now have all the additives that are in the tap water --
including
> flouride and anything else that may be in the water.  It would probably be
> instructive to find out exactly what is in your city's water -- as
Phyllis  pointed
> out, the flouride levels are different in different parts of her metro
area.
> What is safe?  Who knows?
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Like the occasional discovery of residual jet fuel or TCE? About once a
year there's a news article about fuel found in the water supply near a
local airport. But it's okay now because it's all cleaned up and the
amounts were so low that no one needs to worry. Yeah? How long was it there
before it was discovered? What sort of physical symptoms would that create
that may have been taken for some other illness? How many weeks or months
went by with babies drinking formula made with this water?

Phyllis


--- Phyllis Adamson, IBCLC, RLC
--- Glendale, AZ, USA
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