Neuwirth et al. 2022 — Baby Cereals, Lead and Arsenic: Commentary
Opinion/review piece in IJERPH summarizing evidence on Pb and As in US baby cereals and infant juices. Evidence tier B: relies on third-party survey data (Clean Label Project) rather than peer-reviewed concentration surveys.
Key numbers (from cited sources, per paper)
- Infant rice cereals: iAs up to 85 ppb (from referenced survey data).
- 65% of baby foods had detectable As, 36% Pb, 58% Cd (Clean Label Project data, NGO).
- EPA drinking water As limit: 10 ppb for comparison.
Implications
No independent primary concentration data. The 85 ppb iAs figure for infant rice cereals is in the range of FDA compliance data (FDA CTZ action level 100 ppb). Use FDA primary data for wiki concentration claims, not Clean Label Project aggregations.
Wiki pages updated on ingest
- (none; cite FDA primary data for rice cereal iAs claims)