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Why can't children under 1 year old drink honey?

Children drinking honey can cause botulism, a food-borne sickness that due to the possibility of natural honey being contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic bacterium that is widely found in natural soil. One study found that Clostridium botulinum was detected in about 10% of honey, with an average of 104 budding spores ...