FDA disappoints child advocates with its new limit on lead in baby food
For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has set a limit on the amount of lead that can be in baby foods, but critics say it’s too little, too late.
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Health Advocates Are Unhappy with FDA Guidance on Lead Levels in Baby Food
The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) released the first-ever guidelines for levels of lead in processed baby foods ...
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Recall alert for jewelry found with high lead, cadmium levels
The Pennsylvania Department of Health issued an alert Wednesday for jewelry sold on Amazon.com that contains high levels of ...
Louisville's childhood lead exposure protections would be gutted under new state proposal
Thousands of Louisville children have tested with elevated levels of lead in their blood, risking lifelong, irreversible ...
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FDA disappoints child advocates with its new limit on lead in baby food
In children, low levels of exposure have ... and impaired formation and function of blood cells,” the EPA states on its website. The WHO considers lead one of the 10 chemicals of concern in ...
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Toxic traces of lead mining in Missouri are hard to erase
The EPA has spent $127 million since 2020 on remediating mine waste and removing lead-contaminated soil in southeast Missouri ...
Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire
The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...
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FDA sets lead level action limits on some baby foods
The Food and Drug Administration has issued final industry guidance setting the levels of lead in some processed foods that ...
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Health Advocates Are Unhappy with FDA Guidance on Lead Levels in Baby Food
Health Advocates Are Unhappy with FDA Guidance on Lead Levels in Baby Food ... has no obvious symptoms in children; that is part of the reason CDC recommends blood screening in very young people.