Esfandiary e emetse bana ba makholo ba tšoeroeng ke lefu la autism spectrum disorder (ASD) le khatello ea maikutlo/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) ka lebaka la ho pepesetsoa litšepe tse boima tse chefo - haholo-holo lead, mercury, arsenic le cadmium - lijong tsa masea tse tsoang US tse 'maloa. bahlahisi, ho kenyelletsa:
• Kholiso – Li-Family Organics tse Thabileng le HappyBABY
• Beech-Nut
• Sehlopha sa Hain Celestial – Sebōpuoa se Molemohali sa Lefatše
• Plum Organics
• Walmart – Kgetho ya Motswadi
• Lijo tsa Lehlomela - Hlahisa Lijo tsa Organic
• Gerber
Linyeoe tsa molao li tsoa tlalehong ea ’muso e fanoeng ka Hlakola e fumaneng hore lijo tsa bana tse tsoang lik’hamphaning tse ka holimo “li na le maemo a kotsi a arsenic, lead, cadmium le mercury.” Ka mokhoa o nyarosang, tlaleho e boetse e hlokomela hore lik’hamphani “ka tsebo li rekisetsa batsoali ba sa belaelleng lihlahisoa tsena, ho sa tsotellehe litekanyetso tsa k’hamphani le liphetho tsa liteko, ntle le ho ngolisoa ka mokhoa leha e le ofe.”
Ka mor'a tlaleho, FDA e ile ea qala leano la ts'ebetso la "Closer to Zero" ho fokotsa ho pepeseha ha bana ho metals e boima lijong tsa masea ho ea maemong a "tlase kamoo ho ka khonehang." Le hoja Esfandiary a re o thoholetsa setsi ka ho nka khato e hlokahalang haholo tabeng ena, o hlokomela hore Lekala lena “le tlameha ho leka ho felisa boteng ba chefo e joalo,” kaha ha ba na khoebo ea lijo tsa bana.
Tlhalosong ea hae ea sechaba ea FDA mabapi le leano la ketso la Closer to Zero, Esfandiary o ngola hore haeba bana ba lokela ho sireletsoa kamanong e tšehelitsoeng ke mahlale pakeng tsa ho pepeseha ha metala o boima le mathata a neurodevelopmental, FDA e tlameha ho lemoha kapele le ho nka khato mabapi le tšokelo e silafalitseng lijo tsa bana. boemo ba bophelo ba bana:
Bophelo bo botle ba meloko e tlang ha boa lokela ho lebisoa pele ho maemo ao indasteri e nkang a amohelehile moruong ho a fihlela bakeng sa lijo tse hlahisoang ke lik'hamphani. Sepheo sa Lekala e tlameha ho ba ho felisa litšepe tse joalo lijong tsa bana. Leha ho le joalo, le haeba Setsi se etsa bonnete ba hore maemo a tšepe lijong a "tlase ka hohle kamoo ho ka khonehang", sepheo seo se ka finyelloa feela haeba Mokhatlo o amohela kotsi ea sebele ea bophelo bo botle ba bana e hlahisoang ke litšepe tsena kajeno.
SEO U LOKELANG HO SE NKA HO SEHLOOHO ENA:
- In his FDA public comment on the Closer to Zero action plan, Esfandiary writes that if children are to be protected from the scientifically-backed link between heavy metals exposure and neurodevelopmental disorders, the FDA must urgently recognize and act on the threat that tainted baby foods pose to children’s health.
- However, even if the Agency is to ensure that metal levels in foods are “as low as possible”, that goal can only be met if the Agency acknowledges the very real risk to the health of children posed by these metals today.
- The legal cases stem from a government report issued in February that found baby foods from the companies above are “tainted with dangerous levels of arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.
