Congressman Krishnamoorthi Leads Letter To Committees Requesting Funding In The Reconciliation Bill To Make Baby Food Safer
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New legislation would reduce toxic heavy metals in baby food
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Saturday, Feb 6, 2021 Millions of babies are exposed to these contaminants every day, Charlotte Brody of Healthy Babies Bright Futures said on Thursday, February 4, 2021. It is time to step up and finally take clear action. (Photo: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Leading baby food manufacturers are selling knowingly and without warning unsafe products contaminated with dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals that can cause serious and often irreversible damage to infant brain development, according to a new congressional investigation that is generating renewed calls for greater regulation of the industry. Dangerous levels of toxic metals like arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury exist in baby foods at levels that exceed what experts and governing bodies say are permissible, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, which conducted the investigation, told CNN