H-E-B COVERS THE BASES: WILL THE REAL BABY WATER PLEASE STAND UP?
Shopping for produce at H-E-B today, I made an impulsive detour to the baby aisle to see what might be new there. Like other superstores, the Texas grocery giant continues to carry fluoridated "baby water" years after the CDC and ADA advised against it And when one of our Fluoride Free Austin stalwarts, Linda, recently spoke to management about it -- the Nursery Water brand in particular -- she was told that nothing short of an FDA ban was likely to get it removed from the shelves.
But no Nursery Water was to be seen today. That might be a coincidence: they could simply have run out of it. Or it might signify a growing disenchantment with a class action suit filed against Nursery Water that has been gaining attention of late. It certainly didn't reflect any disenchantment with the idea of selling a product harmful to babies: H-E-B has its own label. What surprised me, however, was that H-E-B now produces a fluoride-free baby water too
This was a bit of a head-scratcher. Has the store introduced a new product to compete with Gerber's recently introduced fluoride-free baby water in an emerging market niche? Or has it been there all along, and I just never noticed? H-E-B doesn't boast of an absence of fluoride. But its water is distilled, meaning it's free not only of fluoride but of important minerals. Normally, people who drink distilled water are proactive about replacing the lost minerals through sea salt or other additives. Will new parents who choose distilled "baby water" for their infants take that extra step? Some will, no doubt. Many won't.
It would seem that H-E-B thinks fluoride is good for babies and H-E-B also thinks that distilled water is good for babies. In other words, they offer a choice between toxin-spiked water and water devoid of both toxin and nutrients. Nothing in between. It's an odd strategy, but then who can fathom the minds of marketers?
Not I.
Posted by M. Rae Nadler-Olenick at 4/7/2010 4:53 PM 
Categories: health wellness environment babies
Tags: fluoride water fluoridation environment babies infants nursery distilled bottled
Categories: health wellness environment babies
Tags: fluoride water fluoridation environment babies infants nursery distilled bottled
Just wanted to mention Pure by Gerber is now in the Publix grocery chain.
Mercola.com also has an article on fluoridation as a source of cumulative toxins. He mentions in comments he is aware of Paul Connent and plans to work with him in the future to get rid of this Policy.
also NYSCF has a article this morning that there is a new push for higher fluoride content toothpaste for even babies as needed because of poor nutrition and constant sugar and snack intake with sugar beverages all day with no breaks. Thus we all new more poison as babies and up. Especially the poor but they forgot to mention blacks.
Augusta Ga just had a Vit D study showing teens in high sun areas often vit d Deficient. But black girls were 28.4 times more likely they white girls to be deficient. 74.8% vs 2.6% white girls. In the summer not one white was deficient but 55% of blacks were. Ignored by the health department of course. A recent study in young girls showed premature births cut in half with higher dose 4000iu vit D compared to 400iu. They did not mention seasonal differences and the this was in Charleston SC at the Medical center of S C. Hollis and Wagnor the researchers. NIH and FDA supervised but the data was suspected in 2004 but 3 year study completed in 2010. Jim
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