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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to questions about toxic heavy metals being found in popular baby food products, as proclaimed in a recent Congressional report.
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According to a recent government report, some common baby food products contain dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals. The investigation found that top baby foods are tainted with inorganic arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury. The committee hopes companies will commit to making safer baby foods and to develop better standards in the industry.&
A company in India has created carbon tiles from polluted air. A filtered device is used to capture carbon soot from diesel exhaust and fossil fuel generators. It removes contaminants such as heavy metals and dust from the soot, and creates a powdered form of purified carbon. The powder is then mixed with cement and marble waste from quarries to produce stylish, handcrafted building tiles. The company aims to have each t
Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have designed a new type of material to precisely pull copper ions from water. The prototype material, called ZIOS (zinc imidazole salicylaldoxmine) targets and traps the copper ions. “It’s kind of like a crystal sponge,” says Jeff Urban, the director of the Inorganic Nanostructures Facility in the Berkeley Lab&rsqu
A recent environmental impact study revealed that the majority of pollutants found near U.S. roadways did not come from tailpipes, but instead from brake pads and tires. Water and air samples were collected by scientists in the study and they found bits of the brake pads which contained mercury, lead and cadmium. These heavy metals can cause cancer and birth defects.
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A recent study in the UK found harmful levels of toxic metals in some types of painted glassware. The samples were purchased new or acquired second-hand including tumblers, beer glasses, shot glasses, wine glasses and jars. A large portion of the decorative drink ware tested contained high levels of lead and cadmium. These two toxic heavy metals are sometimes added to paint to create
Jaclyn Bowen, the Executive Director of Clean Label Project (a non-profit focused on health and transparency in consumer product labeling) recently posted an article providing a “cheat sheet” for consumers to be aware of ingredients which may contain toxic heavy metals. The top offenders on the list include:</
Earlier this summer, police in Paris reported high levels of lead on the roads and gardens in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral which was devastated by fire on April 15th, 2019. Last month, cleanup work inside the cathedral itself was halted for safety reasons due to hundreds of tons of lead which melted in the fire. This week, Paris authorities have blocked off the surrounding area