Water with WIC
- From
- Mona Hanna-Attisha
- To
- Mark Valacak , Johnson, M.d., Gary , Toni Larocco , Tamara Brickey
All,
| briefly spoke with Toni yesterday about this, but would it be possible to give bottled water or nursery
water (vouchers or actual bottles) to our families with formula fed babies through WIC. The babies who
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are drinking formula mixed with tap water (especiaily warm tap water) are at greatest risk for lead
exposure. Water is such a huge proportion of their diet and their brains are still developing.
Until we have definitive information about lead exposure, we should err on additional prevention,
especially for our most vulnerable kids.
Let me know what you think or if there is someone else | should contact about this. Thanks! Mona
Mona Hanna-Attisha MD MPH FAAP
Program Director Pediatric Residency
Hurley Children’s Hospital at Hurley Medical Center
Michigan State University College of Human Medicine
Department of Pediatrics and Human Development
Mhannai @hurleymc.com
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Lishinski, Karen (DHHS)