from Common Dreams
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
My daughter is three-years-old and full of vibrant energy, as any toddler ought to be. But for the last two years, she’s been battling lead poisoning, and we have no idea how she got…
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Congressional report finds toxic heavy metals in some baby food
By Stephanie Weaver
Prior investigation finds 95 percent of baby foods tested had toxic metals
A prior investigation found that 95 percent were contaminated with one or more of four toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury.
LOS ANGELES - U.S. congressional investigators found that some baby foods contained dangerous levels of heavy metals that could endanger infant neurological development and long-term brain function, according to a report released Thursday by the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy.
Led by Democratic Chairman Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the committee’s investigation found that top baby foods carried dangerous levels of inorganic arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury.