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Report: Heavy metals found in baby food

Consumer Reports looked at 50 nationally distributed baby foods for things like lead and mercury and found heavy metals in packaged foods for babies and toddlers.

[ARTICLE: Consumer Reports: What You Need to Know]

The analysis found 68 percent of products showed worrisome levels of at least one heavy metal and 15 products posed a potential health risk if eaten every day.

Here are some of the products Consumer Reports recommends restricting to less than one serving a day:

  • Earth's Best Organic Chicken & Brown Rice
  • Earth's Best Turkey, Red Beans & Brown Rice
  • Gerber Chicken & Rice
  • Gerber Turkey & Rice
  • Sprout Organic Baby Food Garden Vegetables Brown Rice With Turkey
  • Gerber Lil' Meals White Turkey Stew With Rice & Vegetables
  • Gerber Carrot, Pear & Blackberry
  • Beech-Nut Classics Sweet Potatoes
  • Happy Baby Organics Organic Probiotic Baby Cereal
  • Baby Mum-Mum Banana Rice Rusks