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

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 ...

Lead and other toxic heavy metals have been found in dangerously elevated amounts in some commercial baby foods sold in the United States, yet parents have had no way to know if the baby foods they ...

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 ...

We want to inform you of a new law in Maryland, effective January 1, 2025, that mandates baby food manufacturers to test for toxic heavy metals, excluding infant formula. Known as Rudy’s Law, this ...

An important investigation into infant formula: Exclusive new testing by Consumer Reports highlights safer formulas while also identifying some that contain potentially harmful levels of heavy metals, ...

Consumer Reports and Unleaded Kids, a nonprofit focused on protecting kids from lead exposure, recently evaluated 39 baby food brands to see how easy they make it for parents to check their baby’s ...

Earth's Best, Once Upon a Farm, and Plum Organics earned top scores A new California law helps consumers figure out whether toxic elements are in their baby food. By Jessica D’Argenio Waller, MS, CNS, ...