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EDF finds lead in 20% of baby food sampled over period of eleven years
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Friday, 23 June, 2017, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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St Louis
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Baby food is unsafe, according to the recent study by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which found lead in 20 per cent of baby food sampled over an 11-year period.
It focused on baby food because of the harmful effects lead can have in the context of child development, whether they are neurological, cardiovascular, behavioural or any other effect.
EDF’s analysis of 11 years of data provided by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found that lead was detected in 20 per cent of baby food samples, compared to 14 per cent for other foods.
Eight types of baby foods had detectable lead in more than 40 per cent 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 more than one million children consumed more lead than the limit prescribed by the FDA. Eliminating lead in food would save society more than $27 billion annually in total lifetime earnings from saved IQ points.
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