Toxic heavy metal

Global Heavy Metal Poisoning Market to 2030 - Insights, Epidemiology, and Forecasts - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Friday, February 26, 2021
Health, General Health, Toxicology, European music, Heavy metal music, Popular music, Metal toxicity, Toxic heavy metal, Poison, Music, Articles, Physical sciences

The "Heavy Metal Poisoning - Market Insights, Epidemiology, and Market Forecast - 2030" drug pipelines has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Heavy Metal Poisoning - Market Insights, Epidemiology, and Market Forecast - 2030" drug pipelines has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • The heavy metal poisoning market report provides analysis regarding current treatment practices, emerging drugs like Emeramide, potential therapies, market share of the individual therapies, and historical, current and forecasted Heavy Metal Poisoning market size from 2017 to 2030, segmented by seven major markets.
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Parent Files Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Toxic Heavy Metals in Baby Food Products

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Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences, Chemical elements, Endocrine disruptors, Native element minerals, Occupational safety and health, Transition metals, Cadmium, Toxic heavy metal, Heavy metals, Arsenic

The suit alleges that some of the most popular baby foods often marketed as "organic" contain dangerous levels of heavy metals.

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  • The suit alleges that some of the most popular baby foods often marketed as "organic" contain dangerous levels of heavy metals.
  • In some products, the level of dangerous heavy metals is two-hundred times the safe amounts.
  • The report found that these baby food brands contain elevated and/or dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.
  • The plaintiffs' attorney, Christopher Leung, a partner at Pollock Cohen LLP said, "For years, these baby food companies have known that their products contained high levels of toxic heavy metals.

Zimmerman Law Offices PC Announce the Filing of a New Class Action Lawsuit on Behalf of Purchasers of Baby Food Containing Toxic Heavy Metals

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021
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The lawsuit cites to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reforms Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy report entitled Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury (Subcommittee Report), which found several brands of baby food contain unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals, including Gerber baby food, Earths Best baby food, Beech-Nut baby food, and HappyBABY baby food.

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  • The lawsuit cites to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reforms Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy report entitled Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury (Subcommittee Report), which found several brands of baby food contain unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals, including Gerber baby food, Earths Best baby food, Beech-Nut baby food, and HappyBABY baby food.
  • The lawsuit seeks damages arising out of consumers purchase and use of the contaminated baby food.
  • Zimmerman continued: The companies must remove unsafe toxic heavy metals from their baby food, and take responsibility and pay for the damages they caused.
  • If you have purchased Gerber baby food, Earths Best baby food, Beech-Nut baby food, or HappyBABY baby food, please contact us for more information.

Leading Plaintiffs' Firms File Class Action Lawsuit Over Presence Of Toxic Heavy Metals In Baby Food

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Saturday, February 6, 2021
Heavy metals, Metals, Toxic heavy metal, Plum, Chemistry, Physical sciences, Natural sciences

WASHINGTON and MINNEAPOLIS and NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Decorated law firms Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen PLLP, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP, and Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC today filed a class action lawsuit against Plum, PBC, makers of the "Plum Organics" brand of baby food.The lawsuit, brought on behalf of a nationwide class, alleges that despite being marketed as "organic" and "made from the best ingredients," Plum's baby food products are tainted with the presence of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.

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  • WASHINGTON and MINNEAPOLIS and NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Decorated law firms Lockridge, Grindal, Nauen PLLP, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP, and Lite DePalma Greenberg & Afanador, LLC today filed a class action lawsuit against Plum, PBC, makers of the "Plum Organics" brand of baby food.The lawsuit, brought on behalf of a nationwide class, alleges that despite being marketed as "organic" and "made from the best ingredients," Plum's baby food products are tainted with the presence of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury.
  • The Complaint cites to a February 4, 2021 Staff Report by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform's Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, which found "high levels of toxic heavy metals" in baby foods.The Staff Report noted that Plum "refused to cooperate with the Subcommittee's investigation causing great[] concern that their lack of cooperation might obscure the presence of even higher levels of toxic heavy metals in their baby food products, compared to their competitors' products."
  • A Healthy Babies Bright Futures Report, dated October 2019, indicates Plum's baby food contains heavy metals.
  • The Complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, seeks compensatory, statutory, and punitive damages.