Overview
Science journalism commentary piece in EHP summarizing research on infant arsenic exposure from breast milk, formula, and well water. C-tier evidence: no primary data; summarizes findings from Carignan 2015 and Fångström 2008. Included in corpus as a document; its factual content is fully covered by the primary studies it cites.
Key numbers (from cited primary studies, per commentary)
- Bangladesh breastfed infants (Fångström 2008): breast milk median As 1.0 µg/kg; maternal drinking water median 78 µg/L.
- NHBCS formula-fed infant urinary As: 7.5× higher than breastfed (Carignan 2015).
- Powdered formula median (Jackson 2012 market survey): 1.1 µg/L reconstituted.
Implications
No new data. Wiki content should reference the primary studies directly.
Wiki pages updated on ingest
- (none; primary studies are the authoritative source)
Update history
The five most recent substantive edits to this page, classified major (evidence or structure moved), correction (a published value or statement was wrong and has been fixed), or minor (narrative rewritten without changing the underlying evidence). Each description is derived from what the edit did to this page; the linked commit is the authoritative record, routine regeneration passes are excluded, and the full version history lives in git. When DOI minting comes online (see schema docs), each entry below will also link to a version-pinned DataCite DOI.
| Commit | Date | Change | Description |
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| a8052bb | 2026-08-09 | major | 5 sections added; narrative text revised |