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婴儿配方奶粉铝含量过高 The scientists are at odds with the FSA, whose recent study on toxicity concluded there was no cause for concern. 国家食品标准局最近对婴儿配方奶毒性反应的研究称大家不用担心铝含量的问题，但是科学家与其意见不一致。 ? Scientists are defying government experts to warn that babies are being exposed to high levels of aluminium in formula milk, which they claim could damage their health. ? Professor Christopher Exley and colleagues from Keele University have looked at the aluminium content of 30 brands of formula milk and say it is too high. Their study follows a similar survey they carried out in 2010, which was limited to 15 products. In the interim, they say, manufacturers have done nothing to reduce the amounts of the chemical to which babies are exposed. They claim aluminium is linked to cancer and Alzheimers disease in later life. ? The scientists are at odds with the Food Standards Agency, the government advisory body on safety. Its committee on toxicity recently looked at aluminium in formula milk and concluded there was no cause for concern. ? Their independent experts concluded that the estimated exposures of infants to aluminium from the dietary sources did not indicate toxicological concerns or a need for a change in government advice, said an FSA spokesman. ? Exley does not agree, arguing that the committees experts relied on an arbitrary standard based on a limited number of animal studies, which he described as meaningless. He said: Since we are one of the leading groups, if not the leading group, working on aluminium and human health in the world, you might think our opinion would have some meaning for organisations like the FSA. Unfortunately the FSA is another arm of the government and the government is not going to do or say anything which might upset industry and the aluminium industry in particular. ? It is the attitude of government which is preventing any legislation in relation to exposure to aluminium and human health and this attitude fosters complacency within industry, in this case