How do we know heavy metals are in baby foods?

Consumer attorney Pedram Esfandiary, who helped take on Monsanto and won multiple verdicts, gives some background on the shocking government report that found seven baby food brands sell products containing dangerous levels of arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury. The report, issued in February of 2021, lists the following manufacturers:

Gerber

Hain Celestial Group Inc. – Earth’s Best Organic

Beech-Nut Nutrition Company

Plum Organics

Walmart Inc. – Parent’s Choice Nurture Inc. –Happy Family Organics and HappyBABY

Sprout Foods Inc.

According to Esfandiary, a Healthy Babies Bright Futures Report from 2019 also details numerous other brands that have been found to contain toxic heavy metals. Parents are urged to consult both the Congressional Report (link below) and the Healthy Babies Bright Futures report (link below) to learn which brands to avoid and which brands contain minimal to no toxic heavy metals.

Why are baby foods with heavy metals on the market?

Esfandiary says the FDA (the agency responsible for regulating the food market) has not set comprehensive maximum allowable limits for heavy metals in baby food. This essentially allows the manufacturers to regulate themselves and decide what levels of toxic metals are safe for their baby food products. As evidenced by the dangerously high levels of toxic metals in the recent government report, this lack of oversight leaves millions of children vulnerable to dangerous levels of arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead.

What is the government doing about heavy metals in baby food?

The FDA launched a new program known as “Closer to Zero”, wherein the FDA is working with manufacturers to ensure that baby food products contain as little toxic heavy metals as possible. But this program doesn’t go far enough. “If manufacturers cannot sell baby food products without toxic heavy metals in them, they shouldn’t sell them at all,” Esfandiary says. “Research agencies, pediatricians, and scientists are in a unanimous agreement that there is no safe level of exposure for children to these toxic heavy metals.”

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The law firm of Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman is outraged by the recklessness of these baby food companies and we intend to hold them accountable in baby food heavy metal lawsuits. If you fed your child baby food from any of these manufacturers and your child developed autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD), you may have a claim.

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