Baby Foods May Also Contain Perchlorate, A By-Product of Manufacturing Rocket Fuel And Fireworks

Baby Food Packaging May Be Leaching Toxic Carcinogenic Chemicals Into Your Child's Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner

Tuesday, December 21, 2021 - If you are reading this you probably have small children and are concerned that you may be feeding them food that contains contaminants that are dangerous to their health. Parents of children with autism, lower IQs and academic performance, ADHD, autism, and other neurological difficulties are filing baby food heavy metal lawsuits against well-known brand baby food manufacturers like Beech-Nut, HappyBABY, Earth's Best Organic, and Gerber. Heavy metals like arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury are being found to contaminate the foods that are being fed to infants and toddlers without a toxic baby food warning from the companies. What is more, baby foods are also testing positive for Perchlorate, a chemical that is used in rockets, fireworks, and matches. Perchlorate is an anti-static agent designed to help grains that have been ground very small flow freely. "In 2005, Perchlorate was approved by the FDA as an "indirect additive" in plastic packaging for foods and today is used as an anti-static agent in cereals, infant formula, and other baby foods. Grains become static-y when ground very small and packaged, so food companies started adding perchlorate to the inside of plastic packaging walls to solve that problem," according to Mamavation.com. The American Academy of Pediatrics says that Perchlorate causes problems with the thyroid gland and can cause neurological health problems in very young children. There are several baby food manufacturers that have addressed not only toxic heavy metals but also Perchlorate packaging and try to manufacture the healthiest baby food possible.

Parents are also angered to learn that the Food and Drug Administration sets guidelines for heavy metals in foods but does not regulate the baby food industry. As a result, many baby food manufacturers have been lax to test the final product they offer their customers but instead only test the raw fruit and produce that they make the baby food from. Children are experiencing severe, permanent, neurological challenges from eating baby food contaminated with heavy metals. Baby food companies have made billions of dollars in profits while ignoring the dangers that their product presents to children's future. Parents are tasked with finding alternative foods to feed their children since even making homemade baby food is not the solution. There are no regulations for testing organic, locally grown fruits and vegetables, so they may be just as contaminated by heavy metals as store-bought baby food. More and more baby food companies are highlighting that their products are "heavy metal-free" or within acceptable government standards as a marketing angle to concerned parents. One company, CereBelly, has taken heavy metal contamination seriously and performs continuous tests not only on the way their fruits and vegetables are grown but also on the soil that it is grown in. The company writes, "Cerebelly only partners with trusted farms who are USDA Certified Organic, Non-GMO Project Verified and follow rigorous safety testing. The farms monitor their soil to determine the best possible locations to grow food with the lowest levels of toxic heavy metals."

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