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UK Parents Told to Avoid Rice Milk

Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on May 22nd, 2009

Parents in the UK have been advised not to give their children rice drinks (known as rice milk). This is because of the levels of inorganic arsenic they may contain.
The advice, issued yesterday by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), comes after two studies – one into the arsenic levels in rice drinks and one into [...]

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Some Carter’s Clothes Giving Babies Rashes (US)

Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Oct 25th, 2008

If you bought any clothes for your baby from Carter’s 2007 product line, then you will be interested to learn that the ‘tag-less’ labels used on these garments have given some babies rashes on their upper backs.
This particular clothing line has labels on the inside of the back of the garments featuring a raised surface [...]

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Arsenic In Baby Rice ‘Too High’ – UK

Posted in Safety recalls and warnings on Apr 30th, 2008

Worrying reports in the UK today are suggesting that the levels of arsenic in baby rice and rice milk are dangerously high.
Scientists from the University of Aberdeen have been testing the arsenic levels of three leading brands and say that the amount they contain is high enough to put children at risk of certain cancers. [...]

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