Parents Confidence In Baby Food Brands Has Been Shaken By Congressional Reports of Mercury, Lead, And Other Heavy Metals

Lawsuits against major baby food brands must keep the baby food industry in check until Congress passes regulations

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - Several leading producers of baby food are being accused of knowing that they were producing heavy metals in baby food, and also targeting them for sale to low-income families. Two Congressional reports this year uncovered "alarming levels of lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury in baby food" and that the companies "knowingly keeping toxic products on the market" and "consistently cutting corners and putting profit over the health of babies and children," according to Della Iacono on WJLA.com. Mothers are upset not only that they have been feeding their children baby food that contained dangerous heavy metals, but also that those in government whose job it is to protect human health from greedy corporations have dragged their feet on enacting legislation. According to WJLA, Ms. Iacono told reporters, "It's been more than nine months since the first Congressional report rocked the confidence of parents, yet there's been no immediate action by the FDA or industry to lower the levels of contaminants in baby food - leaving more children consuming that same food with every passing week." The FDA's foot-dragging is illustrated by the fact that baby foods that Congressional investigators have labeled as dangerous continue to be listed on state's approved nutrition lists "available to low-income families through a federally subsidized program known as "WIC" - the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, according to Spotlight on America. The WIC feeds about half of American children. Only Alaska, Hawaii, and Oregon have taken action and removed rice cereals that contain arsenic from their list of baby food approved by the child welfare program. Spotlight discovered that Gerber's Organic Rice cereal was the major offender and had the largest amount of arsenic in their product that continued to be offered in 48 states where millions of children continue to be at risk.

Pediatricians familiar with the baby food heavy metal situation are concerned that more than half of America's children are being fed by government subsidies that provide food vouchers foods for baby foods that are poisonous to children. Dr. Anna Marie Temple also noted to WJLA that most low-income families live in environments that also contain toxic metals in paint and in rusty water pipes. The doctor was concerned about the cumulative effect heavy metal poisoning could be having on low-income families. WJLA quoted, "Temple said heavy metals, like lead and arsenic, have a cumulative and neuro-toxic effect on a child's brain, and low-income families may already be at a disadvantage." Parents of children that have developed Autism or other neurological disorders are urged to seek the counsel of a baby food heavy metal lawyer to see if they can file a baby food heavy metal lawsuit against, Gerber Foods, Beech-Nut, Campbell's Soup, Earth's Best Organics, Happy Family Organics, Sprout Organic Foods, and Parent's Choice made by Walmart. These companies may have known about their product's heavy metal contamination and for decades and chose to do nothing but rake in taxpayer-funded profits.

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