Could babies be poisoned by bottled water?

Parents who use canned water to create up baby milk might be poisoning their kids.

Some brands contain amounts of uranium that may harm a developing child, a surprise official study finds.

They're Buxton - among the UK's top retailers - Caffe Nero, Radnor Hillsides, Rocwell, St Yorre and San Pellegrino.

Some have four occasions the quantity of uranium considered the safe limit for any baby.

Many families have switched from plain tap water to canned types, thinking these to be much better and more healthy.

Sales have bending in 5 years close to two billion litres (480million gallons), worth an believed f1.2billion.

But canned waters get minerals in the rock they go through. These may include uranium, huge metal that is particularly toxic towards the renal system.

Particulars from the contamination originated from the Government's Committee on Toxicity.

It stated the meals Standards Agency has believed that with a couple natural mineral waters to reconstitute baby formula can often mean infants

receiving more uranium compared to daily limit set through the World Health Organisation. The report states uranium is usually present in

water from the granite source. It's weakly radioactive, but radioactivity levels are thought lacking to become a health risks.

The actual problem is the harm uranium may cause towards the renal system.

The Department of Health insurance and the nation's Giving birth Trust already advise moms to make use of plain tap water - boiled after which cooled - to create up bottle feed.

Studies have consistently proven that breast milk is the best for babies, however, many women cannot breastfeed, or not, while some mix it with formula milk. The FSA examined 170 examples of canned water from 15 brands. All met the WHO guideline level for grown ups, that is 15 micrograms of uranium per litre.

But 23 samples from six brands exceeded the suggested limit for babies of three.2 micrograms.

The greatest level was at water offered at Caffe Nero coffee houses, even though it appears unlikely that moms would make use of this to create up baby formula.

A spokesperson for that firm stated its water develops from a guaranteed and revered source in Italia. He was adamant it met WHO standards on uranium.

The proprietors of Buxton, Parisbased Nestle Waters, challenged the findings from the study. A spokesperson stated: 'We would be the world leader in canned water and experts within the area. Buxton is consistent with WHO recommendations and European directives when it comes to uranium.'

The organization doesn't recommend Buxton for baby formula, however this is because of our prime mineral and sodium content, not uranium levels.

Buxton may be the UK's fifth greatest-selling brand, behind Volvic, Vittel, Highland Spring and Evian. John Quinn, boss of Northern Ireland-based Rocwell, also challenged precision from the FSA research.

He stated: 'I am surprised at these bits of information. We test for uranium and contains never proven as an problem. You can be assured our water is extremely appropriate for use for creating baby formula as well as in baby meals.'

Radnor Hillsides stated it doesn't recommend its water for babies.

Experts stated the FSA study gives merely a snapshot from the uranium within the water in a particular time. Levels might be greater or lower when the same survey ended today.