美國95%的嬰兒食品含有有毒金屬

美國95%的嬰兒食品含有有毒金屬

A majority of baby food contains toxic heavy metals that can affect brain development, a disturbing new investigation has found.

一項令人不安的新調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，大多數(shù)嬰兒食品含有有毒重金屬，會影響大腦發(fā)育。

Tests of 168 baby foods from 61 brands spanning big names to niche ones found heavy metals in 95 percent of them, according to the report published Thursday.

上周四公布的這份報告顯示，對61個品牌的168種嬰兒食品進行的檢測發(fā)現(xiàn)，95%的嬰兒食品中含有重金屬。

One in four baby foods contained all four metals assessed by the testing lab, which included arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury.

四分之一的嬰兒食品中含有測試實驗室評估的所有四種金屬，包括砷、鉛、鎘和汞。

“Even in the trace amounts found in food, these contaminants can alter the developing brain and erode a child’s IQ,” reads the report, which was commissioned by Healthy Babies Bright Futures, an alliance of nonprofit organizations. “The impacts add up with each meal or snack a baby eats.”

這份報告是由非營利組織聯(lián)盟“健康嬰兒光明未來”(Healthy Babies Bright Futures)委托撰寫的，報告說：“即使在食物中發(fā)現(xiàn)的微量污染物，也會改變發(fā)育中的大腦，侵蝕孩子的智商。”“嬰兒每吃一頓飯或零食，都會受到影響。”

The investigation found that 9 foods — just 5 percent tested — did not contain any heavy metals, while 40 percent of the baby food tested contained three different heavy metals.

調查發(fā)現(xiàn)，9種食品中，只有5%的被檢測食品不含重金屬，而40%的嬰兒食品中含有3種不同的重金屬。

Of the baby food tested, 73 percent contained arsenic, 94 percent contained lead, 75 percent contained cadmium and 32 percent contained mercury.

在測試的嬰兒食品中，73%含有砷，94%含有鉛，75%含有鎘，32%含有汞。

The investigation also found that foods with the highest risk included infant rice cereal, rice dishes and rice-based snacks.

調查還發(fā)現(xiàn)，風險最高的食品包括嬰兒米粉、米飯和以米飯為基礎的零食。

“These popular baby foods are not only high in inorganic arsenic, the most toxic form of arsenic, but also are nearly always contaminated with all four toxic metals,” the report said.

報告稱:“這些受歡迎的嬰兒食品不僅無機砷含量高，而且?guī)缀蹩偸潜凰姆N有毒金屬污染。無機砷是砷中毒性最大的一種。”

The report recommended that the Food and Drug Administration “establish and finalize health-protective standards for heavy metals, prioritizing foods that offer the greatest opportunity to reduce exposure, considering additive effects of the multiple metals detected in foods, and explicitly protecting against neurodevelopmental impacts.”

該報告建議美國食品和藥物管理局(Food and Drug Administration，簡稱fda)“建立并最終確定重金屬的健康保護標準，優(yōu)先選擇提供最大機會減少接觸的食品，考慮食品中檢測到的多種金屬的添加效應，明確保護神經(jīng)發(fā)育免受影響。”