A great example of the ignorance in our society
Someone posted this as evidence that calcium hydroxide must be safe. If they would have bothered to do their homework then they would have found that a lot of the ingredients in this formula are considered toxic, including copper sulfate. These ingredients are added not because they are nutritious, but because they are cheap:
http://www.brightbeginnings.com/professionals/guide_milk.asp
Milk-Based Baby Formula with Lipids
Bright Beginnings milk protein-based formula with the lipids DHA and ARA
Indication An iron-fortified formula modeled after breast milk for use as a supplement to breast-milk or as an substitute for breast milk in term and near- term infants.
Availability Bright Beginnings milk protein-based formula with DHA and ARA are available in:
Ready-to-feed: 32 oz.
Concentrate: 13 oz.
Powder: 900 g and 400 g
Ingredients LACTOSE, NONFAT MILK, PALM OIL OR PALM OLEIN, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, HIGH OLEIC (SAFFLOWER OR SUNFLOWER) OIL, COCONUT OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, LESS THAN 2%: MORTIERELLA ALPINA OIL*, CRYPTHECODINIUM COHNII OIL**, ADENOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, CYTIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, DISODIUM GUANOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, DISODIUM URIDINE-5'-MONOPHOSPHATE, MIXED TOCOPHEROL CONCENTRATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, TAURINE. MINERALS: CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE, CUPRIC SULFATE, FERROUS SULFATE, MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE, MANGANESE SULFATE, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM SELENITE, ZINC SULFATE. VITAMINS: ASCORBIC ACID, ASCORBYL PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE, BIOTIN, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, CYANOCOBALAMIN, FOLIC ACID, INOSITOL, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D (CHOLECALCIFEROL), VITAMIN E (DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE), VITAMIN K (PHYTONADIONE).
I guess these same people also think the mercury in vaccines given to infants is also safe and even nutritious since it is also given to infants. Do people bother using their brains anymore?!!!