Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez was pregnant with her second daughter last year when she first learned about the dangers of toxic elements in baby formula. Before the San Fernando Valley lawmaker ...

New genomic studies could screen babies for more rare conditions, making parent information more important than ever.

While the amounts of lead, arsenic, and cadmium in baby foods appear to be getting lower, the overall risk hasn’t changed much in the past five years, according to new tests by Consumer Reports. The ...

Update: In March 2026, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued an enforcement advisory letter to baby food manufacturers and retailers, reminding them of their responsibility to comply with ...

Prenatal genetic testing has existed since the 1970s. In the 1990s, non-invasive testing became available, and significant scientific gains were made. Now, doctors can screen for hundreds of genetic ...

There should be, in our opinion, general approval among state lawmakers that there should be more testing of the baby food parents find on store shelves. The federal Food and Drug Administration ...

Assemblywoman Emerita Torres, D-Bronx, and Gov. Kathy Hochul are pictured after an August meeting. A state lawmaker wants the state to test baby food at least once a month for toxic heavy metals.

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Assemblymember Celeste Rodriguez was pregnant with her second daughter last year when she first learned about the dangers of toxic elements in baby formula. Before the San Fernando Valley lawmaker ...