FDA wants to lower lead levels in baby food
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed stricter limits on levels of lead in infant food products.
Jan 24, 2023
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed stricter limits on levels of lead in infant food products.
Jan 24, 2023
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(Medical Xpress)—New research by Virginia Tech College of Engineering Professor Marc Edwards shows that fetal death rates in Washington, D.C., increased during two separate lead-in-water contamination events during 2000-2003 ...
Dec 13, 2013
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For many years, Rose Sims had no idea what was going on inside a nondescript brick building on Florida Street a couple of miles from her modest one-story home on the southwestern side of town.
May 2, 2024
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Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued more alerts for lead in candy than for the other top three sources of food-borne contamination combined, according to the first ...
Oct 26, 2017
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(AP) -- For the first time in 20 years, U.S. health officials have lowered the threshold for lead poisoning in young children.
May 16, 2012
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It's been decades since the U.S. phased out the use of lead in gasoline, paint, pipes and other products because of the metal's insidious health effects. Although lead from previous years' exhaust still persists in soil and ...
Jan 6, 2014
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L.L. Bean is recalling children's insulated water bottles because of concerns about lead contamination.
Jul 20, 2016
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Nigeria has provided nearly $3 million in long-delayed financing to clean up part of an area where lead poisoning has killed hundreds of children, Doctors Without Borders said Thursday.
Jan 31, 2013
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A company in Ecuador that processed the cinnamon used in flavored applesauce pouches destined for the American market is the likely source of lead contamination in those products, U.S. investigators said.
Feb 7, 2024
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Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Thursday urged Nigeria to release funds promised to clean up an area where lead poison killed hundreds of children, warning that further delays could be "disastrous."
Nov 15, 2012
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