SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Illinois lawmakers could pass a plan this spring to remove toxic heavy metals from baby food. A suburban Senate Democrat was inspired to file the bill after talking about the issue with her chief of staff.
Sen. Laura Fine (D-Glenview) hopes to ban people from selling, distributing or offering baby food in Illinois that contains arsenic, cadmium, lead or mercury.
“Many people don’t even know that this is an issue,” Fine said. “When you think you are doing something healthy for your child, it is a big wake up call to find out that it’s actually backfiring.”
Baby food manufacturers would be required to test products for each toxic heavy metal. Companies could then be forced to provide test results to the Illinois Department of Public Health…