Green Options » cyanuric acid http://greenoptions.com/tag/cyanuric-acid Posts tagged 'cyanuric acid' Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:09:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en FDA Sets Safe Limits for Melamine in Baby Formula: American Manufacturers in the Clear Thus Far http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/18/fda-sets-safe-limits-for-melamine-in-baby-formula-american-manufacturers-in-the-clear-thus-far/ http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/18/fda-sets-safe-limits-for-melamine-in-baby-formula-american-manufacturers-in-the-clear-thus-far/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:09:38 +0000 Lisa Wojnovich http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/18/fda-sets-safe-limits-for-melamine-in-baby-formula-american-manufacturers-in-the-clear-thus-far/ A chemist tests for the industrial chemical melamine at the University of California, Davis.

On November 28, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has established safe levels of melamine and an analogue, cyanuric acid, in infant formulas and associated products.

The FDA’s new limit of 1 ppm (part per million) contrasts with the World Health Organization (WHO) “tolerable” limits, established on December 5, of 0.2 mg/kg of body weight for melamine and 1.5 mg/kg for cyanuric acid. The coincidence of both of these chemicals appears to be even more toxic than their separate occurrences, and neither organization has set a safe limit for such in any type of food product.

Both the FDA and the WHO have stressed that melamine and cyanuric acid do not naturally occur in any type of food product. However, melamine is a chemical commonly used in food packaging materials and in cleaning solutions for certain types of manufacturing equipment.

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]]> http://inspiredeconomist.com/2008/12/18/fda-sets-safe-limits-for-melamine-in-baby-formula-american-manufacturers-in-the-clear-thus-far/feed/ Another Reason We Can’t Trust the FDA: Melamine is Now Safe for Infant Consumption http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/30/another-reason-we-cant-trust-the-fda-melamine-is-now-safe-for-infant-consumption/ http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/30/another-reason-we-cant-trust-the-fda-melamine-is-now-safe-for-infant-consumption/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:49:36 +0000 Jamie Ervin http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/11/30/another-reason-we-cant-trust-the-fda-melamine-is-now-safe-for-infant-consumption/

The FDA has come out with a “safe” level of melamine in Infant Formula. Just weeks ago, the FDA stated it couldn’t determine a safe level of melamine for human infants (Oct. 3, 2008- “the US FDA cannot establish a level of melamine and its analogues in [infant formula] that does not raise public health concerns.”).

Of course there isn’t a safe level, look what happened in China. (Melamine was added in China Formulas to fool protein content tests and was at a much higher level than what was found in U.S. Formula Brands. At least 3 infants died from contaminated formula in China.)
While watching CBS news this evening, I was SHOCKED to hear Dr. Daniel Rauch, a pediatrician at New York University’s Langone Medical Center state “We think it’s safe.” Since when is THINKING something is safe okay? Is this an innocent until proven guilty situation? Do CHILDREN HAVE TO DIE before our government steps up to the plate?

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