2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15
Experts in the field of neonatal and infant nutrition are sounding the alarm among parents for the presence of heavy metals in the food of babies and infants currently circulating in the country. This was revealed by a study recently published by the organization Healthy Babies Bright Futures where it is assured that 95% of baby foods contain metals such as arsenic, lead and cadmium, among others.
The study was conducted by Jane Houlihan, Director of Research, and Charlotte Brody, National Director of Healthy Babies Bright Futures. According to the experts, tests were carried out on 168 baby foods produced in the United States, 95% of which contained lead, 73% arsenic, 75% cadmium and 32% mercury.
Studies of this type are nothing new and have even been carried out for decades, even so, the results of the study are alarming. "Although many foods are contaminated, only a few stand out: 15 meals eaten by children under 2 years of age represent 55 percent of the risk to babies' brains," it warns. "These include apple and grape juices, oatmeal cereal, macaroni and cheese, puffed / extruded snacks, and 10 other meals."
The study also focuses on the "wide range of sources of exposure and worrisome risks to babies" of food and substances that can lead to "cancer and a permanent deficit in due intelligence" when children are exposed to them.
The five types of children's meals that contain heavy metals are listed in the following table and are: rice snacks or puffed rice crackers; baby cookies that are denting; infant rice cereal; fruit juices and carrots and sweet potatoes
Unfortunately, choosing organic foods for our children does not solve the problem 100%. "Heavy metals occur naturally in soils and water, and are found at high levels in crop fields that have been contaminated with pesticides, some fertilizers, air pollutants, and industrial operations," the study notes. “Food crops adsorb these metals naturally. Green leafy vegetables and root crops like carrots and sweet potatoes retain more of these contaminants than most other types.”
"Even if the amounts found in food are small, these contaminants can disrupt the developing brain and undermine the child's IQ," the study also notes. "This impact accumulates with each meal or snack a baby consumes." Keep an eye out!
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