Top baby food manufacturers knowingly sold products with high levels of toxic metals, Congress finds Share Updated: 8:58 AM CST Feb 5, 2021 By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Share Updated: 8:58 AM CST Feb 5, 2021
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Show Transcript CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION HAS FOUND SOME OF THE TOP BABY FOOD MANUFACTURERS KNOWINGLY SOLD PRODUCTS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF TOXIC METALS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, DANGEROUS LEVELS OF ARSENIC, LEAD, CADMIUM, AND MERCURY EXISTS IN SOME BABY FOODS. THOSE METALS AND HAVE LASTING NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON A BABY’S BRAIN DEVELOPMENT. THE FDA HAS NOT SET A MINIMUM LEVEL FOR THESE TYPES OF METALS IN INFANT FOOD. TOP BRANDS INCLUDED IN THE REPORT WERE GERBER, BEACH NUT, AND NURTURE, INC. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. STATE POLICE IN IOWA SAYS WHITEOUT CONDITIONS LEAD TO THIS 40-CAR PILE-UP ON THE
by: By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
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Feb 4, 2021 / 03:23 PM EST
(CNN) Four leading baby food manufacturers knowingly sold baby food that contained high levels of toxic heavy metals, according to internal company documents included in a congressional investigation released Thursday.
“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,” said Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois, chair of the House Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, which conducted the investigation, signed by the Democratic members.
Krishnamoorthi said the spreadsheets provided by manufacturers are “shocking” because they show evidence that some baby foods contain hundreds of parts per billion of dangerous metals. “Yet we know that in a lot of cases, we should not have anything more than single digit parts per billion of any of these metals in any of our foods,”
Congressional report finds toxic metals in baby food brands A congressional report found some leading baby food manufacturers knowingly sold products with high levels of toxic metals. (Source: CNN, KCAL/KCBS, KGO) By Associated Press | February 4, 2021 at 2:48 PM CST - Updated February 4 at 4:50 PM
(AP) - A congressional investigation has found levels of arsenic, lead and other toxic metals that can harm brain development in many popular baby foods, including organic brands.
In a report released Thursday, a U.S. House Subcommittee said it requested internal data from seven companies, including Walmart, in 2019 after a nonprofit called Healthy Babies Bright Futures published results of testing it did on baby foods.