Arsenic, lead, mercury: Push to keep toxic metals out of baby food
Toxic metals like arsenic, lead and mercury in baby food, cereal, purees and other products are a serious health hazard. There's a new push to keep those toxic metals out of the food your child eats.
Posted — UpdatedToxic metals like these in cereal, purees and other products are a serious health hazard. There's a new push to keep those toxic metals out of the food your child eats.
Referencing the baby formula shortage, Attorney General Josh Stein says he knows families are struggling just to feed their kids right now – so he says parents shouldn't have to worry if the food they're feeding their kids is making them sick.
Stein's office said baby food manufacturers self-regulate toxic metals in their products. Therefore, he and 21 other attorney generals want the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set limits on these metals in baby foods, as well as provide testing guidance to manufacturers.
This group of attorney generals has requested this action before, but the FDA denied the request.
The FDA does have an action plan to reduce levels of toxic elements in foods, but it proposes changes over years – and the Attorneys General say it’s already behind schedule.
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