PhilipTheBucketMA to US News · 1 month agoPublix recalls baby food pouches after testing finds elevated levels of leadwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10cross-posted to: TheIndependent@metawire.eu
arrow-up118arrow-down1external-linkPublix recalls baby food pouches after testing finds elevated levels of leadwww.independent.co.ukPhilipTheBucketMA to US News · 1 month agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: TheIndependent@metawire.eu
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoWhat is the deal with baby food and lead? Last time I heard of a baby food recall it was lead.
minus-squarecAUzapNEAGLb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoIts probably just one of the few foods that actually get tested I bet if someone where to do a proper testing of all the foods sold in a grocery store, a terrifying percentage of food would come back as positive for heavy metals
minus-squareWinged_Hussar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-21 month agoYup, pretty much all food has lead & other heavy metals in it because the plants we make our food from absorb it. The safety levels for lead in baby food is 10-20 parts per billion (quick Google search article, didn’t confirm) and is most likely tested more frequently like you indicated.
What is the deal with baby food and lead? Last time I heard of a baby food recall it was lead.
Its probably just one of the few foods that actually get tested
I bet if someone where to do a proper testing of all the foods sold in a grocery store, a terrifying percentage of food would come back as positive for heavy metals
Yup, pretty much all food has lead & other heavy metals in it because the plants we make our food from absorb it.
The safety levels for lead in baby food is 10-20 parts per billion (quick Google search article, didn’t confirm) and is most likely tested more frequently like you indicated.