I don't know how many more reasons you need to stay away from formula, but add this one to the top of the heap…
Powdered Cow’s Milk Formula Contains Thyroid Toxin
By Anila Jacob, M.D., M.P.H., April 2009Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have reported that 15 brands of powdered infant formula are contaminated with perchlorate, a rocket fuel component detected in drinking water in 28 states and territories.
The two most contaminated brands, made from cow’s milk, accounted for 87 percent of the U.S. powdered formula market in 2000, the scientists said.
The CDC scientists did not identify the formula brands they tested.
The little-noticed CDC findings, published in the March 2009 edition of the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, raise new concerns about perchlorate pollution, a legacy of Cold War rocket and missile tests. Studies have established that the chemical is a potent thyroid toxin that may interfere with fetal and infant brain development (Kirk 2006).
The CDC team warned that mixing perchlorate-tainted formula powder with tap water containing “even minimal amounts” of the chemical could boost the resulting mixture’s toxin content above the level the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers safe. Many scientists contend that the EPA “safe” level is too high to protect public health.
TAKE ACTION HERE: http://www.ewg.org/Rocket-Fuel-In-Infant-Formula/TakeAction
I think this link might provide some data references (it's just an abstract) you mentioned (though I don't think it's the same study that other commenter cited above):
http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/jc.2006-2738v1
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