• Quokka
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    426 days ago

    Babies, babies can’t have tap water.

    ~6 months you start with cooled boiled water.

    ~12 months you can move onto tap water.

    • @rijom@lemmy.ml
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      356 days ago

      That also depends on where you live and on the quality of the tap water. Doctor here now recommend you to use tap water also for formula - without boiling it first.

    • @OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml
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      95 days ago

      Across Europe there’s different recommendations in every country, and no evidence of different illness/mortality rates related to the recommendation.

      France says tap water is safe for all ages.

      If you’re in the US, I totally get why you might want to keep boiling your water, but remember that boiling doesn’t remove lead.

      • @ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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        24 days ago

        The US has a water system effectively comparable to the ones across Europe, FYI. That includes lead levels, since it wasn’t just the US that used lead pipes.

        In most circumstances lead pipes are safe to replace with different materials as part of routine maintenance. It’s only very notable incidents where things go wrong that have driven a push for greater haste, since it highlighted the consequences of things going wrong.