Report: Damaging Levels Of Lead Found In 20% Of Baby Food Samples
Baxter Dmitry
YourNewsWire.com
June 18, 2017
The FDA is allowing dangerous levels of lead to enter children’s bloodstreams, according to a new study that found 20% of baby food products in the US contain damaging levels of lead.
There is no safe level of lead in blood. In children, even very low blood lead levels can cause behavioral problems and lower IQ. Protecting children’s ability to learn and thrive demands that we find effective ways to reduce exposures to lead from all sources.
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) analyzed 11 years of data from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and found that food, and baby food in particular, is a meaningful – and surprising – source of lead.
Key findings
EDF‘s analysis of 11 years of FDA data found:
Lead was detected in 20% of baby food samples compared to 14% for other foods.
Eight types of baby foods had detectable lead in more than 40% of samples.
Baby food versions of apple and grape juices and carrots had more samples with detectable lead than the regular versions.
EDF also found that the FDA’s lax policies allow more than 1 million American children consume more lead than FDA’s limit. It has been estimated that by eliminating lead in food, and protecting children from neurological damage, society would save more than $27 billion annually in total lifetime earnings from saved IQ points.
Infants are incredibly vulnerable to lead
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