The Biden administration said Friday it plans to clamp down on toxic heavy metals commonly found in baby food.
The move comes after a House Oversight subcommittee last month released a report finding that major baby food companies sold products that their own internal testing showed contained arsenic, lead and cadmium at levels far higher than what most health experts consider safe for infants. The findings panicked parents already under considerable stress during the pandemic.
What’s new: The Food and Drug Administration plans to soon begin the lengthy process of setting more standards for heavy metals in baby foods.
In the interim, the agency told baby food makers they are expected to actively reduce heavy metal levels in their products as part of their internal food safety controls. The maneuver leverages a sweeping Obama-era food safety law that’s been on the books since 2011.
“It’s a positive but limited step,” said Tom Neltner, chemicals policy director at the Environmental Defense Fund, lamenting the agency […]
It is about time someone did something to help the younger people; I would hope the fracking industry is also fixed because the fracking industry is hurting children very much, also, as doctors have been saying for years.