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Manufacturers should establish supplier assurance programs that screen for heavy metals, especially for high-risk products, she said: While there may not be established federal tolerances, California s Proposition 65 has established limits for arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury and is arguably the most consumer protective regulation in the US when it comes to heavy metals. As to the old adage that the dose is the poison, contaminants like lead are the exception that prove the rule: The EPA, FDA, WHO, the CDC, the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have all independently stated there is no safe level of lead for children. In this case, the poison is the poison.
By David Shepardson and Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. congressional investigators found “dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals” in certain baby foods that could cause neurological damage, a House Oversight subcommittee said in a report released on Thursday in calling for new standards and testing requirements.
The panel examined products made by Nurture Inc, Hain Celestial Group Inc, Beech-Nut Nutrition and Gerber, a unit of Nestle, it said, adding that it was “greatly concerned” that Walmart Inc, Campbell Soup Co and Sprout Organic Foods refused to cooperate with the investigation. The U.S. baby food market was worth an estimated $8 billion in 2020, according to Euromonitor.
The report is urging U.S. regulators to set maximum levels permitted in baby foods and to require manufacturers to test finished products for heavy metals