Hōʻike ʻo Esfandiary i nā haneli o nā keiki e loaʻa ana i ka autism spectrum disorder (ASD) a me ka nānā-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) ma muli o ka loaʻa ʻana i nā metala kaumaha ʻona - ʻo ke alakaʻi, mercury, arsenic a me cadmium - i nā meaʻai pēpē mai kekahi mau US. nā mea hana, me:
• Hānai – Hauʻoli ʻOhana Organics a HappyBABY
• ʻAi-Nut
• ʻO Hain Celestial Group – ʻOi loa o ka Honua
• Plum Organics
• Walmart – Koho Mākua
• Nā Meaʻai Sprout – Sprout Organic Food
• Gerber
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā hihia kānāwai mai kahi hōʻike aupuni i hoʻopuka ʻia ma Pepeluali i loaʻa ai nā meaʻai pēpē mai nā hui ma luna aʻe i "kau ʻia me nā pae weliweli o arsenic, lead, cadmium, a me mercury." ʻO Chillingly, ua hōʻike pū ka hōʻike i nā ʻoihana "kūʻai ʻike i kēia mau huahana i nā mākua i manaʻo ʻole ʻia, ʻoiai nā kūlana o ka ʻoihana kūloko a me nā hopena hōʻike, a me ka ʻole o ka hōʻailona hōʻailona."
Ma hope o ka hōʻike, ua hoʻomaka ka FDA i ka hoʻolālā hana "Closer to Zero" e hōʻemi i ka ʻike ʻana o nā keiki i nā metala kaumaha i nā meaʻai pēpē i nā pae i "haʻahaʻa hiki." ʻOiai e ʻōlelo ana ʻo Esfandiary e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻo ia i ka ʻoihana no ka lawe ʻana i nā hana i makemake nui ʻia e pili ana i kēia pilikia, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e "pono ka 'Oihana e hoʻopau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ia mau mea ʻawaʻawa," no ka mea ʻaʻohe o lākou ʻoihana i nā meaʻai pēpē.
Ma kāna ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu FDA e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā hana ʻo Closer to Zero, kākau ʻo Esfandiary inā e pale ʻia nā keiki mai ka loulou i kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻepekema ma waena o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā metala kaumaha a me nā maʻi neurodevelopmental, pono e hoʻomaopopo koke ka FDA a hana i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i nā meaʻai pēpē. e hōʻike i ke olakino o nā keiki:
ʻAʻole pono e hoʻokumu ʻia ka maikaʻi o nā hanauna e hiki mai ana ma nā pae i manaʻo ʻia e ʻoihana e ʻae ʻia i ka ʻoihana no nā meaʻai a nā hui e hana ai. ʻO ka pahuhopu o ke Keʻena ʻo ia ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā metala mai nā meaʻai pēpē. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ka Agency e hōʻoia i nā pae metala i nā meaʻai he "haʻahaʻa e like me ka hiki", hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kēlā pahuhopu inā ʻae ka Agency i ka pilikia maoli i ke olakino o nā keiki i hoʻokumu ʻia e kēia mau metala i kēia lā.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Ma kāna ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu FDA e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā hana ʻo Closer to Zero, kākau ʻo Esfandiary inā e pale ʻia nā keiki mai ka loulou i kākoʻo ʻia e ka ʻepekema ma waena o ka hōʻike ʻana i nā metala kaumaha a me nā maʻi neurodevelopmental, pono e hoʻomaopopo koke ka FDA a hana i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i nā meaʻai pēpē. pose i ke ola kino o na keiki.
- Eia nō naʻe, ʻoiai ʻo ka Agency e hōʻoia i ka pae metala o nā meaʻai he "haʻahaʻa e like me ka hiki", hiki ke hoʻokō ʻia kēlā pahuhopu inā ʻae ka Agency i ka pilikia maoli i ke olakino o nā keiki i hoʻokumu ʻia e kēia mau metala i kēia lā.
- ʻO nā hihia kānāwai i loaʻa mai kahi hōʻike aupuni i hoʻopuka ʻia ma Pepeluali i loaʻa ai nā meaʻai pēpē mai nā ʻoihana ma luna aʻe "ua haumia me nā pae weliweli o arsenic, lead, cadmium, a me ka mercury.
