When researchers tested both homemade baby food and store-bought, they found that 94% of both homemade store-bought baby foods tested contained more than four toxic heavy metals. The researchers ...

Unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals have been found in store-bought and homemade baby food. Learn how to avoid these in your baby's foods and snacks.

The law, which passed in 2023 and went into effect in 2024, requires baby food manufacturers to test each product they sell in the state of California (excluding infant formula) for lead, mercury ...

If you can find a product on a store shelf, it’s been tested for safety standards and contains nothing harmful, right? Unfortunately, it’s not that black and white. And even the most unsuspecting of ...

Yet multiple studies have found that 95% of baby food sold in stores has trace levels of heavy metals. “Problems related to lead poisoning can last the child's whole life.

Baby snack foods, such as puffs and products made with sweet potatoes and/or rice, fared the worst. That's because rice effectively absorbs higher levels of heavy metals than most plants. Now ...

Baby food labels will disclose levels of lead and other toxic heavy metals via QR codes, thanks to a California law taking effect January 1.

How To Make Baby Food, Step-By-Step 1. Wash And Clean Clean your hands, prep area, utensils and appliances thoroughly. Babies have developing immune systems and are more susceptible to harmful ...

The nonprofit Healthy Babies Bright Futures analyzed 168 baby foods in 2019 and found toxic metals in 95% of them. In 2022, Healthy Babies Bright Futures tested homemade baby food to see if it's ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS California law mandates baby food manufacturers test for heavy metals monthly. Results must be publicly accessible via QR codes on labels starting Jan. 1.

The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed setting lead levels in baby food of 10 parts per billion for many products and 20 parts per billion for cereals and root vegetables, which can ...