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Manufacturers who seem to be accountable to no one or the people that they are accountable to at least let them put toxic heavy metals in baby food if i was to start a baby food company on day one i would make this pledge no toxic heavy metals in the baby food can your
Government and the fda offer you the same assurances let’s have a look how the mainstream media see this crazy old tale first on cbs mornings a disturbing new congressional report out later today finds more cases of manufacturers selling baby food with high levels of toxic heavy metals the report describes
Dangerous levels of toxins is it a dangerous level though i would say there’s some danger in it should we stop it not yet let’s not be too hasty he mustn’t rush things like that when you’re dealing with something complicated like how much toxic heavy metal to having a baby food you’ve got
To go easy easy slowly slowly catchy monkey otherwise you might take out too much of the toxic heavier metals including arsenic lead caddy cadmium and mercury in popular baby food products the toxins can be particularly dangerous you will not be surprised to babies and toddlers which is difficult because
Often baby foods are eaten by babies and toddlers who’s the other market earlier this year the subcommittee first shed light on the issue of toxins in baby food eight months later the oversight committee has found even more brands selling baby food products with high levels of toxins all right so at least
They’re reporting on it but where’s this gonna go when you find yourself in a situation where there’s toxic metals in baby food it shows you that there are certain food companies that evidently have a great deal of sway if you’re able to introduce a product to the market
That is dangerous to the people that you’re selling it to then that’s enough of a concern when they’re the most vulnerable people in society that’s even more of a concern now obviously we’re coming off the back of this pandemic where we’ve seen how the fda the government and big pharma are able to
Influence outcomes and policies and able to profit from a situation that’s potentially detrimental certainly detrimental to the people that died to millions even billions of people so how does this story play into those narratives how does it demonstrate to us how power operates why on day one that
There’s a test that says hey there are dangerous toxic metals in baby foods when you go withdraw all those products immediately sue all of the companies involved and set up new systems for ensuring that babies are ahead healthy foods and if they’re not healthy at least not poisonous the latest
Congressional report looking at toxins in baby foods says heavy metals are showing up in some major brands for instance investigators said two of gerber’s infant rice cereal products contained inorganic arsenic levels over the fda’s limit it’s interesting that the fda have a limit there’s a certain amount of arsenic that we will tolerate
You’re gonna get some arsenic in the baby food none of us is perfect until jesus christ himself starts making baby food we’re gonna tolerate a certain amount of arsenic but that jesus that’s too much for anybody they said gerber failed to recall those products should we recall those products
We’ll get around to it most of plum organics products contained heavy metals too including popular super puff snacks something’s coming from plum organics and it’s called a super puff snack shouldn’t that be a sufficient reassurance but it’s got no toxic arsenic in it here we are at plum
Organics enjoy this sugar puff snack i feel very well oh yeah no there’s some arsenic in that and they said walmart raised the amount of arsenic it allowed in its products we need a little more arsenic we’ve got a lot of trouble trying to keep arsenic
Out of this food it’s exhausting all of our workers here they’re trying to keep the arsenic please just let us put a little more arsenic in there okay you can put a bit more arsenic in there but not too much more going from an internal company standard of 23 parts per billion
To the maximum allowed by fda of 100 parts per billion could we get a hundred parts per billion of arsenic in there oh how can i stay mad at you we reached out to the companies named gerber did not answer whether it failed to recall products but told us it follows a
Consistent and rigorous testing plan which includes regular testing of finished products so i suppose what we’re beginning to see is a picture where there is a collaborative relationship between the manufacturers of these baby foods and the fda and i wouldn’t be astonished to learn that big
Food somehow funds the fda and that the fda necessarily have to have good relationships with the companies that they regulate in a sense what you want to feel is that the regulatory bodies that officiate over the standards of products are operating in the service of ordinary people of the consumer of the
Public however you see us not that they’re just an agency that sort of rubber stamp and sign off products so that big food can continue to make profit with potentially dangerous products the gerber generation is spreading their love for fruits and veggies but not for lungs they’re going to have liver
Disease by the time they’re 12. gerber nature select fruits and veggies from our growers farms to your baby’s high chair look at how like organic they’re making now the yoghurts are grown out of trees the babies are all like diverse and inclusive lovely babies it doesn’t matter where your baby’s from we’ll
Poison the little bastard gerber nourishing generation healthy does contain some arsenic nature it gives us simple moments again i suppose that what we’re interested in here is the way that the mainstream media reviews this situation and it seems that cbs were doing a good job at least they were highlighting it and then
How these companies themselves present their products and what the regulatory bodies are willing to do in order to protect you nature gives us what we need at beechnut we do our best to work with nature we work with nature sometimes nature is a bit remiss on providing
Enough arsenic but we at peach nut get that arsenic right in there not against it beech nut naturals uses real fruits and vegetables and only the finest arsenic and sweet toxic heavy metals that come down from a lovely waterfall bubbling straight into your baby’s pancreas cooked gently to preserve nature’s intended nutrients beechnut
Naturals simple choice i’ll give you a simple choice do you want arsenic in your baby’s food yes or no i’ve got babies here’s my choice no for over 25 years earth’s best has been dedicated to using only the purest natural ingredients herb’s best what claim to make this is the best earth’s
Got to offer well i assume there’s no arsenic in it then there’s some arsenic in there how much we lobbied to have a bit more in actually not only because it’s best for children’s nutrition but it’s also the best for the world in which they will
Grow up what why the world now is helping the world to arsenic people down their lung pipe no one knows more about pure safe and nutritious baby food than gerber some of these companies have a long-standing history with the american public and have been advertising their
Products for many years i would say that this issue ultimately will coagulate around the kind of issues of centralization we talk about elsewhere that as big food acquires more small companies they’re able to leverage more power through lobbying and control of the fda meaning that their products get
Cheaper to make higher profit margin and more arsenic for everyone and that’s gotta be a good thing right to learn why four out of five pediatricians who recommend baby food well because you’re paying those pediatricians would be my guess recommend gerber call us anytime hello gerbers it’s 3am why are you
Calling my baby’s being sick again we did say only four out of five pediatricians the other one thinks that there’s too much arsenic in it you know you can trust gerber so what’s going on here and how does it relate to broader themes that we explore on this channel corruption in government inefficient
Regulatory bodies lobbying power congressional corruption a study by health babies bright futures found that 95 of pre-packaged baby foods tested were contaminated with toxic heavy metals right away what that tells you is pre-packaged baby foods is not the best way to get food to babies there are
Probably other ways of getting food to babies that are not so cost effective and profitable so those are off the menu the house subcommittee on economic and consumer policy revealed last february that leading baby food manufacturers are knowingly selling products tainted with dangerous levels of arsenic lead cadmium
And mercury heavy metals that the u.s food and drug administration and the world health organization have declared a human health hazard particularly for infants and toddlers who are most vulnerable to their serious often irreversible and sometimes deadly effects is this problem serious yes it is is it irreversible i’m afraid so is
It deadly sometimes oh but it’s not all bad news then to date however the fda has set limits for heavy metals in just two types of baby food infant rice cereal and juice i’d like to propose a motion to have no deadly toxic metals in any
Baby food give us a thumbs up if you agree the agency’s closer to zero plan that’s the plan closer to it we’ve got to get closer to zero at the moment we got quite a lot of toxic heavy metals let’s get a bit closer to zero how about zero that’ll be so [ __ ]
Ridiculous the agency’s closer to zero plan identifies steps the agency will take to reduce exposure to arsenic lid cadmium and mercury from foods eaten by babies and young children to as low as possible oh thanks well done at least you’re trying your hardest as hbbf pointed out on social media the fda is
Moving at a snail’s pace to take meaning for action jeopardizing the neurological development and long-term health of countless babies one two three fours too many babies to count can’t be bothered to count out the babies now can you get the arsenic out of food no it’s too odd
Can you get closer to zero yeah we’ll try to in a vague way can you tell us how many babies have been affected oh it’s too hard all this you’re not right for the baby food industry you the alliance has started a petition calling on fda commissioner robert calif to
Urgently end the legal contamination of baby food and improve the future of our country by moving his agency away from business as usual yes if that business is arsenic in baby food i would say that’s not a good business the burden shouldn’t fall on parents to navigate
The risks surely it’s down to the individual parent to ensure that they do their own laboratory testing to see if there’s toxic heavy metal and baby food the fda should establish and enforce protective limits for heavy metals in all foods consumed by babies and young
Children i would say if the fda is not doing that what are they doing the fda is closer to zero program needs to live up to its name that’s all i’ve got to do is be a bit closer to zero all that’s offering close to zero is we’re not going to actively
Increase the amount of toxic that’s the only thing they’re showing you are you gonna put more in there no we’re gonna try and do less actually needs to live up to its name and set limits that will make the heavy metal contamination of our food much closer to
Zero thanks guys last year’s report revealed baby food sold under the brand’s gerber beechnut earth’s best organic and happy baby are tainted with up to 91 times more inorganic arsenic 117 times more lead and 69 times more cadmium than the food and drug administration’s maximum allowable levels three other companies walmart
Which sells baby food for its brand parents choice campbell which manufactures the plum organic line and sprout organic food refused to cooperate with the investigation excuse me do you mind if we just see how much arsenic there is in your baby food no get out of here mind your business arsenic is a
Carcinogen oh that’s not good news that means it causes cancer of course and that it can impair neurodevelopment in children even at low levels arsenic is also associated with lung disease heart attacks and kidney failure almost as if the people charged with looking after us would prefer it if we were sick and
Unhealthy because there’s some matrix a network of business interests that would benefit from a population of people eating bad food then being just all weak and vulnerable and easy to push about almost as if they don’t want strong vibrant people confronting power my director doesn’t look happy with this
Similarly lead is known to alter brain development in children reducing attention span and intelligence and increasing the likelihood of antisocial behavior good news all round cadmium is linked to kidney and gastrointestinal diseases dna impairment cancer osteoporosis and immune system deficiencies i’m struggling to see the upside of these particular supplements
Happy baby is owned by danone a multinational food products corporation with revenues in excess of 25 billion dollars how did the known exert influence on the government the known has spent nearly two million dollars lobbying congress since 2020. the company specifically lobbied acts including right let’s see if there’s any
Connection between the knowns lobbying and this subject then you can see how the system works a little bit and you can decide whether there’s a problem or not for yourself right oh this is interesting the baby food safety act of 2021 the known lobbied against that this
Baby food safety act i mean we make baby food does it really need to be safe where’s the fun gun from baby food you know jimi hendrix evil knievel whoa baby food favorite should be safe medical nutrition equity act do we need things to be medically nutritional you know
Come on man alex hannan’s hanging from a cliff edge by his fingertips where’s the craziness in baby nutrition continuous improvement and accountability in organic standards acts do you really want people being accountable come on man where’s your sense of fun hulk hogan fighting in the ring mike tyson we want
A little bit of pep in our steps the medical nutrition equity act all these things are basically saying would you at least ensure that the food that you’re making isn’t killing us no gerber was a trusted brand bought out by nestle like british people know about nestle because nestle got famous in this
Country a while ago for aggressively marketing powdered milk in countries where it weren’t easy to get their products out there and where it was detrimental they campaigned aggressively this was proven illegally against women breastfeeding their children and stuff so this they got dodgy as [ __ ] previous in this country let’s see what they’re
Up to with you lot in 2007 nestle bought the company for 5.5 billion is now the u.s market leader in infant foods nestle has also spent millions of dollars lobbying congress since 2020 including bills such as the baby food safety act so what big food conglomerates do is
Acquire brands that have won trust perhaps by creating good products i don’t know enough about it but i suppose i shouldn’t be cynical and skeptical maybe gerber like in some of them adverts and they’re making lovely food oh this is good saves time good lovely nutritious stuff but then nestled by it
Or another big centralized organization buys it they have to make a profit they have to make a return the way they do this they reduce standards and they reduce wage bills that’s the way that economic model generally works you tell me in the comments below if i’m wrong
And then they cut corners and somehow there’s arsenic in your baby’s dinner now i don’t know where you when you get to that particular point but you do because that’s what’s happening so there you go yet another story where we see that corporate and commercial interests override the most basic human instincts
The most basic spiritual and emotional humanitarian duties that a person might have protect the young be honest put the welfare of ordinary people above the profits of organizations it shows us too that regulatory bodies are in some ways corrupted understand that the fda is corrupted i’m saying that the fact that
They’re funded by the people that they regulate probably makes them remiss and it means that they’re too flexible in the standards that they offer the news report is not accurate enough to advertise into downright lie that the government is unwilling to intervene probably because of definitely because
Of lobbying and i bet if we looked a little bit deeper we’d find people in congress that own shares in these very companies why don’t you look yourself and put in the comments below we can’t do everything for you help us out i’m eating baby food that’s loaded up with
Arsenic and lead my brain ain’t working proper no more anyway i believe that when you see something as obvious that is an indication that new regulations should be introduced and the power of these centralized corporations should be rebutted and controlled and ordinary people should have the right to control
And at least influence the companies that provide us with necessary services but that’s just what i think what do you think let us know in the comments below if you enjoyed this video have a look at either one of these two they’re equally good sign up to my mailing list because
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