Report: Baby Food Contains “Worrisome” Levels of Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium

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By Seth Pollard

Consumer Reports has some bad news for parents who only feed their babies organic food. In terms of arsenic, cadmium, and lead levels, organic baby foods are no better than traditional products when it comes to heavy metal contamination.

?The authors of the report note that babies are ingesting fewer pesticides with organic food consumption. That, along with the gentler effects organic food has on the environment, still shows that organic is better than conventional. However, “organic” does not mean free of heavy metals.

Consumer Reports tested 50 baby and toddler products from retailers all over the country, including 20 …read more

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