美国95%的婴儿食品含有有毒金属

美国95%的婴儿食品含有有毒金属

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

一项令人不安的新调查发现，大多数婴儿食品含有有毒重金属，会影响大脑发育。

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.

上周四公布的这份报告显示，对61个品牌的168种婴儿食品进行的检测发现，95%的婴儿食品中含有重金属。

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

四分之一的婴儿食品中含有测试实验室评估的所有四种金属，包括砷、铅、镉和汞。

“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.”

这份报告是由非营利组织联盟“健康婴儿光明未来”(Healthy Babies Bright Futures)委托撰写的，报告说：“即使在食物中发现的微量污染物，也会改变发育中的大脑，侵蚀孩子的智商。”“婴儿每吃一顿饭或零食，都会受到影响。”

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.

调查发现，9种食品中，只有5%的被检测食品不含重金属，而40%的婴儿食品中含有3种不同的重金属。

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

在测试的婴儿食品中，73%含有砷，94%含有铅，75%含有镉，32%含有汞。

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

调查还发现，风险最高的食品包括婴儿米粉、米饭和以米饭为基础的零食。

“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.

报告称:“这些受欢迎的婴儿食品不仅无机砷含量高，而且几乎总是被四种有毒金属污染。无机砷是砷中毒性最大的一种。”

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.”

该报告建议美国食品和药物管理局(Food and Drug Administration，简称fda)“建立并最终确定重金属的健康保护标准，优先选择提供最大机会减少接触的食品，考虑食品中检测到的多种金属的添加效应，明确保护神经发育免受影响。”