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Health Advocates Are Unhappy with FDA Guidance on Lead Levels in Baby Food

TUESDAY, Jan. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Association (FDA) released the first-ever guidelines for levels of lead in processed baby foods this week. However, many health and safety advocates say they are not satisfied with the guidance.

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FDA Sets New Levels for Toxic Lead in Baby Food

The FDA's new standards for toxic lead target processed baby foods such as jarred fruits, vegetables, yogurts and dry cereals.

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FDA disappoints child advocates with its new limit on lead in baby food

For the first time, the US Food and Drug Administration has set a limit on the amount of lead that can be in baby foods, but critics say it’s too little, too late.

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FDA Limits Toxic Lead in Some Baby Foods

The Food and Drug Administration has set maximum levels for lead in baby foods like jarred fruits and vegetables, yogurts and dry cereal

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New guidelines set for lead levels in baby foods

The government is setting new guidelines for lead levels in some baby foods. The NWS is warning SoCal residents to be prepared as a life-threatening, destructive, widespread windstorm is expected to sweep through much of Los Angeles and Ventura counties Tuesday through Wednesday.

This Is the Deadliest Foodborne Illness, According to the World Health Organization

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization teamed up to publish a new ...

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India confirms two new cases of mysterious Chinese virus as health officials on alert

Two children, aged seven and 13, tested positive for HMPV virus at a private hospital in Nagpur, Maharashtra in India.

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U.N.'s World Health Organization calls on Israel to free Gaza hospital chief as death toll tops 45,500

Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials ...

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Israel arrests hospital director and other staff in raid on last functioning facility in northern Gaza, health officials say

Israeli forces have arrested dozens of staff, including a hospital director after raiding the last major functioning health ...

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Three issues to watch in global health in 2025

The vast majority of the confirmed cases since 2022 have been in people aged 18 to 49, according to data collated by the ...

Gaza’s Health System On Brink Of Collapse

On January 3, 2025, during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, World Health Organization (WHO) representative for the West Bank and ...

Loneliness is giving you poor health. Here’s how

A new study has found higher levels of certain proteins – associated with various diseases and even death – in people who reported loneliness or social isolation ...