- Contribute to learning problems.
- Slow growth and development.
According to neurology experts Philippe Grandjean and Philip Landrigan in a 2014 report in The Lancet Neurology, “a silent pandemic of neurodevelopmental toxicity” is disabling children around the world and contributing to the meteoric rise of ADHD, ASD, and other behavioral disorders. (2) What is responsible for the rapidly rising rates of behavioral disorders in children? Research indicates that heavy metal exposure promotes neurodevelopmental toxicity and may be one of the underlying causes of childhood behavioral disorders.
“The key is to provide your child with a healthy variety of foods, in moderation,” says Registered Dieticitian Evelyn Benden, RD to the Cleveland Clinic. “[This is] so they aren’t eating too much of one thing. They’ll get lots of different nutrients and not an overload of heavy metals.”
“Baby food manufacturers hold a special position of public trust. Consumers believe that they would not sell products that are unsafe. Consumers also believe that the federal government would not knowingly permit the sale of unsafe baby food,” the report says. “As this staff report reveals, baby food manufacturers and the Trump administration’s federal regulators have broken the faith.”