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> Of course it's considered acceptable, lead doesn't just dissolve when you touch it and it's not like the paint is 100% lead. The FDA didn't care about lead w
by autoexec 5y ago
> Of course it's considered acceptable, lead doesn't just dissolve when you touch it and it's not like the paint is 100% lead.
The FDA didn't care about lead when it was being spooned directly to infant's mouths in the form of their baby food. The standards aren't what they are because of the amount of risk to people's health, or they would never have allowed it. I wouldn't assume something was safe just because it met FDA standards/recommendations.
- alar44 5y agoWe didn't have the data yet, then we learned more over time. The standards are what they are because of what we learned. You don't trust the FDA to think that everything is safe unless they say so or they're wrong, you trust them to tell you they know that something is definitely bad. There's a huge difference there.
- autoexec 5y agoAccording to the congressional report that came out last year the FDA knew about the dangers of lead. One baby food company, Hain (HappyBABY), even sent the FDA a presentation telling them that the commercial process of preparing finished baby foods increases their levels of toxic heavy metals, and the FDA still did nothing to limit how much. The report found that the FDA's inaction and approach "appears designed to be protective of baby food manufacturers." if that's true, then you couldn't really trust them to tell you they know that something is definitely bad Link: https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files/2021-02-04%20ECP%20Baby%20Food%20Staff%20Report.pdf https://oversight.house.gov/sites/democrats.oversight.house....