By Jason Hall
Parents will want to double check what they re feeding their babies.
A new report by the United States Oversight subcommittee released on Thursday (February 4) reveals some popular baby foods contain significant levels of toxic heavy metals, which could harm their babies neurological development.
According to the report, baby food products found to contain lead, cadmium and arsenic included the brands Beech-Nut, Earth s Best Organic, Happy Family Organics and Gerber.
Happy Family Organics products were also found to have mercury. These results are multiples higher than allowed under existing regulations for other products, the report stated. Internal company standards permit dangerously high levels of toxic heavy metals, and documents revealed that the manufacturers have often sold foods that exceeded those levels.
A new congressional report takes these companies to task for lead, mercury, and more.
Heavy metals accumulate in our bodies and disproportionately harm small children.
A new congressional investigation has found leading baby foods contain alarmingly high levels of damaging heavy metals. Manufacturers reported some of their foods pack as high as hundreds of parts per billion (ppb) of heavy metals well above the acceptable levels of up to 9 ppb.
If you’re a new parent, you’re probably concerned and a bit confused about what this all actually means. What are heavy metals? Why are they harmful? And what on Earth went wrong in these baby food factories? Here are the facts.
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Many commercial baby foods contain high levels of toxic heavy metals such as arsenic and lead, far above the amounts allowed in bottled water, according to a congressional report released Thursday.