22 State Attorney Generals Petition Asks The FDA To Test Finished Baby Food Product For Heavy Metals

Testing the finished baby food product will reveal a more accurate level of heavy metals that children ingest

Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - Heavy metal contamination of certain popular brands of baby food is being taken extremely seriously by both the federal and state governments. Protecting the health and well-being of children from greedy multinational corporations that put profits ahead of public safety is a priority that can not be overlooked. I wrote the other day about a congressional investigation into the heavy metal contamination of certain foods and the lack of response by corporations that manufacture them. The Congressional investigation revealed that Beech-Nut, HappyBABY, Earth's Best Organic, and Gerber have been selling baby food containing dangerously high levels of heavy metals that could cause brain damage in children. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., chair of the House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy told fellow policymakers that he was angry that corporations that make baby food have failed to produce a toxic baby food warning that their baby food products and rice cereal contain. He also warned the Food and Drug Administration to step up its efforts to enforce penalties on the companies that had ignored their warnings. Children are the nation's most valuable yet vulnerable asset and it is our responsibility as parents and citizens to hold companies that profit from them responsible for misconduct. Parents of children who have suffered from toxic baby food side effects such as autism, ADHD, or other neurological problems for which they have been diagnosed are filing baby food heavy metal lawsuits seeking compensation and holding the companies responsible for their extreme negligence.

ConsumerReports.org tells readers that almost half the states in the United States are putting pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to regulate baby food companies more aggressively. "New York State Attorney General Letitia James, along with attorneys general from 22 other states, filed a petition on Oct. 21, 2021, to request that the Food and Drug Administration speed up its plan to set limits on the levels of heavy metals like lead, cadmium, and inorganic arsenic in baby food." It is most interesting that in the past only the ingredients that go into baby food were tested for heavy metals, not the finished product. Scientists tell lawmakers that only testing the ingredients underestimates the number of toxins in the finished baby food and cereal products. The state lawmaker's petition also requests the FDA to "lower the limit on the amount of inorganic arsenic allowed in rice cereal." If the FDA does not respond to the lawmakers' petition within the next 180 days they have threatened to file a lawsuit. New York AG James said in a statement announcing the petition, "Every day and across the country, baby food companies are selling products containing dangerous levels of lead and other toxic metals, and urgent action is needed to stop it," according to ConsumerReports. She added, "Our children must have the opportunity to live healthy lives, and their parents deserve the peace of mind in knowing their babies are safe from the products they consume."

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