Toxic Metals in Food
Because of their high degree of
toxicity,
arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury
rank among the priority metals that are of public
health significance. These metallic elements are considered systemic toxicants
that are known to induce multiple organ damage, even at lower levels of
exposure.
Heavy Metals Toxicity and the Environment
Review
Toxic Limits
in Foods by ICP-MS
Lead in food: A hidden health threat
:
EDF
Mercury Is Especially
Toxic to Kids :
Here’s How It Gets From Coal-Burning Power Plants to Your
Child’s Food
Mercury is a major cause of many chronic
health conditions.
Most people with chronic condition
and mercury amalgam fillings recover
or significantly improve after
replacing amalgam fillings and detoxification.
What
You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish
Advice about Eating Fish
:
EPA
Reducing Child Exposure to Toxics in Food
: FDA
Lead in Baby Food
A
2022 report by Healthy
Babies, Bright Futures
found lead in
80% of homemade
purees or store-bought family foods
.
Arsenic was found in 72% of family food either purchased or prepared at home.
Five Things You Should Know About Lead in Baby
Food
:
EWG
Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate
The risk
of lead contamination in chicken & bone broth diets
broth made from skin and cartilage
taken off the bone once the chicken had been cooked with the bones in situ, and
chicken-bone broth, were both found to have markedly high lead concentrations,
