There's a strong chance your baby's food contains traces of toxic heavy metals, including arsenic and lead, according to a new study.
in the last century means they still remain in the soil and find their way into groundwater even decades after some of them have been banned from use in pesticides. The four metals are neurotoxic, posing serious threats to healthy childhood brain development.
"The heavy metals interfere with the way the brain is supposed to get wired," registered nurse Charlotte Brody, one of the authors of the report and the national director of the HBBF, told NBC News."Everything we can do to drop the levels of these chemicals that kids are exposed to just gives them a better chance of learning."
One way to reduce these levels of heavy metal exposure is to push for the FDA to set regulations, Brody says. For nearly 90 percent of the baby foods tested, the FDA has not issued guidance or set standards for the maximum safe limit of heavy metals, according to the report.The FDA did not immediately respond to an NBC News request for comment on the study.
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