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Why babies should not eat raw honey

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That organic, highly sought-after raw honey is entirely unsafe for a baby. It often harbors dormant spores of Clostridium botulinum. While fully developed human internal systems easily crush these spores, infants completely lack the necessary defenses. Feeding a baby this natural sweetener allows the spores to rapidly blossom into life-threatening botulism toxicity.

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