Heavy Metals in Baby Food: What Providers and Parents Need to Know. Issue 2 (March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Beal, Judy A.
• Is Part Of: MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing. Volume 45:Issue 2(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-03
• Subjects: Obstetric Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric Nursing -- Periodicals; Maternal-Child Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Maternity nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; Maternity nursing; Pediatric nursing; Databases; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Databases; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000601
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-929X

Abstract

Abstract : A recent study found that 95% of baby foods are contaminated with heavy metals. Our pediatric nursing expert, Dr. Beal, explains the details of the 2019 study from Healthy Babies Bright Futures and how nurses can advise parents to avoid the most commonly contaminated foods.