OTTAWA - Health Canada is reassuring parents that baby foods sold in the country are safe after reviewing the results of a U.S. investigation into levels of
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Wiktory/iStockBy KATIE KINDELAN and KELLY MCCARTHY, ABC News (NEW YORK) Some popular baby foods contain "significant" levels of toxic heavy metals that have the potential to harm babies' neurological development, according to a new report by a U.S. House Oversight subcommittee. Baby food products by brands including Beech-Nut, Earth's Best Organic, Happy Family Organics and Gerber were found to contain lead, cadmium and arsenic, according to the report released Thursday. Mercury was also found in products from Happy Family Organics, the only company of the four that tests mercury levels in its products, according to the report. "These results are multiples higher than allowed under existing regulations for other products," the report states. "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."Congressional investigators
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