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Podcast: Baby-Led Weaning with Katie Ferraro
Episode: Arsenic in Baby Food with Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan
Description: #246: You can’t “buy your way out” of the heavy metal in baby food conversation. Heavy metals like lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are present in whole foods that we modify for baby-led weaning.In this episode I’m interviewing Charlotte Brody, RN and Jane Houlihan from Healthy Babies Bright Futures (HBBF). Their landmark 2019 study “What’s in My Baby’s Food?” found that 95% of baby foods tested contained toxic chemicals that lower babies’ IQ, including arsenic and lead.Charlotte Brody is the HBBF National Director and Jane Houlihan is the HBBF Research Director and in this interview...