Tell Congress to Support the Baby Food Safety Act 2021

Parents trust that the food they are feeding their children is safe. But a congressional report revealed that some baby food manufacturers knowingly sold baby food containing high levels of lead, mercury, arsenic and cadmium.

The investigation found that the baby food tested contained 91 times the amount of arsenic allowed in drinking water, 177 times the amount of lead, 69 times the amount of cadmium, and 5 times the amount of mercury. That's outrageous.

The USDA and the FDA have failed to regulate heavy metals in baby food, which means that every day babies are exposed to toxic heavy metals that can lead to permanent cognitive, behavioral and learning problems.

A new bill introduced in Congress would impose strict rules on baby food manufacturers and require regular testing to verify levels of toxic metals. Send a message to your members of Congress urging them to support the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021.

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Keep Toxic Metals Out of Baby Food

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I urge you to take swift action to protect babies and toddlers from toxic metals in baby food. 
 
A recent report by the House Committee on Oversight found many baby foods are contaminated with dangerous levels of the toxic heavy metals arsenic, lead, cadmium and mercury. The science on these toxic metals is clear: There is no question that they harm babies’ developing brains, and there is no safe level of exposure.
 
Every day, babies are being exposed to these toxic metals that can cause loss of IQ, cognitive, behavior, and learning problems. That's unacceptable — you must act to help protect children from these toxic metals. 
 
The Baby Food Safety Act of 2021 would protect infants by ensuring that both government agencies and manufacturers take swift, effective actions to remove heavy metals from baby foods. The Baby Food Safety Act would lower the allowable levels of arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium in baby food, and increase monitoring and enforcement of those levels.
 
Government action to protect babies from the toxic heavy metals in their food is long overdue. I urge you to take swift action to protect the millions of infants and toddlers that are exposed to these contaminants every day.

Please support the Baby Food Safety Act today to ensure that baby food is safe and healthy for developing children.

Sincerely,

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