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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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.