Washington, July 2 -- Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi issued the following press release:
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) today sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. urging HHS to establish comprehensive, enforceable standards for toxic heavy metals in infant formula and baby food. The letter cites years of scientific evidence linking early-life exposure to toxic heavy metals with serious developmental harms and calls on HHS to take the regulatory action necessary to better protect America's children.
In the letter, Krishnamoorthi notes that new research demonstrates scientists can use baby teeth to trace early-life exposure to toxic metals and link those exposures to measura...