You can read the whole report they're referencing here https://www.healthybabyfood.org/sites/healthybabyfoods.org/files/2019-10/BabyFoodReport_FULLREPORT_ENGLISH_R5b.pdf …
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Let's take a single example - lead. The guideline dose according to the US FDA for "foods and drinks more likely to be consumed by small children" is <50 parts per billion
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If you look at the tables of results from this new report, only a handful of products exceed this limit, and then by very slim margins!pic.twitter.com/aI0grbzFsS
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The same appears to be true of arsenic and cadmium - most products are well within the safe ranges set by either the FDA or the European EFSA
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Perhaps the headlines should read "Most heavy metal contamination for babies well within safety guidelines, probably no issues here"
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