Food safety problem is the problem that cares most in life of our treasure Mom all the time, especially infantile food is safe. On August 16, " American consumer reports " (CR: Cosumer Reports) published the name is Heavy Metals In Baby Food: The article of What You Need To Know, the content of the heavy metal such as the arsenic in the infant food that the article points out the discovery in the test in this media near future is common, cadmium, lead makes a person can care.
Foreign media reports in succession, but report of domestic concerned this matter is very few however, actually not fathomless, because this reports the sample of the test comes from abroad entirely, did not sell normally in home, it is Mom of a lot of treasure only the choice believes foreign product, look for all sorts of channel to buy on sb's behalf, because such, the mom of ability and our China and baby people produced connection.
This test was aimed at the sales volume on 50 kinds of market to compare much infant food, basically be aimed at detect arsenic, cadmium, lead the content of these heavy metal. According to newest occupation standard and test method preparation, the quality that checks the regulation in according with the United States to analyse chemist association ISO17025 controls standard and performance demand.
The analysis checks a result, american consumer report reached a few disturb conclusion:
One: Every kinds of product contains the heavy metal of a kind of measurable level at least
2: The content that there is a kind of heavy metal at least in the product that makes an appointment with 2/3 makes a person anxious
3: Although eat only everyday fewer even, still 15 kinds of food can form potential venture to children health
4: Contain rice and / or the snacks of yam and product contain a large number of heavy metal particularly easily
5: Organic food and common provision contain heavy metal euqally
What harm can heavy metal cause to children?
Human body needs a few certain heavy metal, be like iron and zinc, ability is run normally. But cadmium, inorganic arsenic, lead and mercury (especially methylic mercury) poisonous to everybody, the harm that forms to cheeper especially serious.
Contact in childhood period a few these heavy metal may increase healthy problem risk, especially intelligence quotient and behavior problem, and with shut disease and attention oneself blemish obstacle is concerned. "These toxin can be withheld inside body old.
The consumer that is in charge of this second test reports the chemist Tunde Akinleye of food safety branch says, often absorb a few heavy metal for long to may increase contract cystic cancer, the risk of lung cancer and skin cancer.
At present till, the heavy metal in eliminating food completely is not quite actual still. But the heavy metal content that the child place that you can take measure to reduce you and you contacts, reduce the effect of heavy metal as far as possible.
Limitative child takes amount of infantile ground rice: The first cereal is a baby normally complementary feed, because it is easy deglutition, and use iron normally (a kind of of the baby important nutriment) aggrandizement. But American food and medicaments management board and American pedology can express, think without reason rice cereal cannot be replaced, the baby should accept all sorts of cereal, be like oaten, among them the content of inorganic arsenic is inferior.
Cook process. American food and proposal of medicaments management board add the 6 water to 10 a rice in, do its drop again, conduce to reduce arsenic content.
Limitation packs snacks. The dietetics home Amy Keating that American consumer reports thinks, although do not have heavy metal risk, snacks also is not the essential component of child food.
Seek the food of low heavy metal. According to the research to data of total prandial research, the expert of CR raised a few provision that pack easily, suit to serve as snacks, and heavy metal content is extremely low. E.g. : Apple, applebutter (do not add candy) , avocado, banana, barley cuts fourth vegetable, legume, cheese, grape, the egg that boil, peach, strawberry and yoghurt.
Vigilant fruit juice. The CR test in the past discovers to inorganic arsenic and lead are contained in the apple of a lot of brands and grape juice. American pedology can suggest not to give a baby the first year to provide any fruit juice in postnatal.
Simple chocolate. Contain in cocoa cadmium and / or lead. The heavy metal content of cocoa itself is met prep above black chocolate, and black chocolate chocolate of prep above milk.
Choose correct fish. Tuna of large small hole, mackerel, porgy of Atlantic bosom thorn, the methylic mercuric content of shark and arrow fish is particularly high. Yo age children and woman should avoid edible these fish
Examination family uses water. If you take water from inside the well or your building has older conduit, consider to have a test to your water please. Heavy metal is met sometimes infiltration well water, older tubing may be made with lead.
