Thread by @DavidCSimpson

WTF. I am seething with anger. We buy foods for our baby from these companies. And they have been poisoning food with high levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.

According to a Congressional report the Trump FDA found out and did nothing.

https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1357340470804844544

From the report:
FDA limits arsenic in items like bottled water to 2ppb

yet

@HappyFamily's HappyBABY sold products w/ 180 ppb
@EarthsBest sold products w/ 129 ppb
@BeechnutFoods used ingredients w/ 913.4 ppb
@Nestle's Gerber used ingredients w/ 90 ppb

oversight.house.gov/sites/democrat…

Also from the @OversightDems's report:

FDA limits #lead in items to 5ppb

yet

@HappyFamily's HappyBABY sold products w/ 641 ppb
@BeechnutFoods used ingredients w/ up to 886.9 ppb
@EarthsBest used ingredients w/ up to 352 ppb
@Nestle's Gerber used ingredients w/ up to 48 ppb

FDA limits cadmium to 5 ppb

yet

@BeechnutFoods used ingredients w/ up to 344.55 ppb
@EarthsBest used ingredients w/ up to 260 ppb

65% of @HappyFamily's HappyBABY food products had more than 5 ppb
75% of @Nestle's Gerber carrots had more than 5 ppb

EPA caps #Mercury in drinking water at 2 ppb. Yet according to the Congressional report:

@HappyFamily's HappyBABY sold products w/ 10 ppb.

@BeechnutFoods & @EarthsBest do not test for mercury
and @Nestle's Gerber rarely tests for mercury.