Market Watch - Lead was found in 20% of more than 2,000 baby food samples, compared to 14% in another 10,000 food samples, according to an Environmental Defense Fund analysis
of Food and Drug Administration data released Thursday. Lead was most
commonly found in fruit juices (89% of grape juice samples and 55% in
apple juice samples), sweet potatoes (86% of samples) and teething
biscuits (47%). At least one sample in 52 of the 57 types of food
evaluated had detectable lead and eight types of baby food had lead in
40% of their samples as well.
There’s no safe level of lead,
according to the EDF, and yet about 500,000 children have elevated blood
lead levels, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Children face the highest risks from blood lead levels,
including behavioral problems and lower IQs as they grow.
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