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How many baby foods had multiple heavy metals in a single container?
4 metals 26% of baby foods
3 metals 40%
2 metals 21%
1 metal 8%
0 metals 5%

In how many baby foods was each heavy metal found?
Arsenic 73% of baby foods
Lead 94%
Cadmium 75%
Mercury 32%

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New tests by HBBF find perchlorate contamination in 19 of 25 baby foods
Number of baby foods with perchlorate, of total tested (and maximum level found):
Infant rice cereal: 2 of 5 - 7.1 ppb
Other infant cereals: 9 of 9 - 7.8 ppb
Infant formula: 2 of 3 - 11.4 ppb
Fruits & vegetables: 4 of 4 - 19.8 ppb
Snacks: 2 of 4 - 4.6 ppb

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For 88 percent of baby foods tested by HBBF—148 of 168 baby foods—FDA has failed to set enforceable limits or issue guidance on maximum safe amounts. In 2016 FDA proposed limiting inorganic arsenic in infant rice cereal to 100 ppb (FDA 2016). Inorganic arsenic exceeded this amount in four of the seven infant rice cereals tested by HBBF (Appendix A).
FDA has also proposed limiting inorganic arsenic in apple juice and has issued guidance for limiting lead in fruit juice, but has failed to set specific limits for metals in any other type of baby food (FDA 2013,2014).

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