Virginia has become the third state – following California and Maryland – to enact legislation requiring routine heavy metal ...

While the amounts of lead, arsenic, and cadmium in baby foods appear to be getting lower, the overall risk hasn’t changed much in the past five years, according to new tests by Consumer Reports. The ...

In October 2025, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill (SB) 646, which requires, among other things, the testing of prenatal multivitamins for heavy metals and public disclosure ...

Most baby food in the US—both store-bought and homemade, organic and conventional—is often an inadvertent source of toxic heavy metals. As a parent or caregiver, it’s tough to know what to do with ...

INDIANAPOLIS (CONSUMER REPORTS) — Parents will now have a new tool at their fingertips to check if the baby food they buy is safe for their kids. After years of pressure from organizations like the ...