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Mike 03

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3. Depressing. Imagine being a parent and trying to do everything right, give your

Reply to Wicked Blue (Original post)

Thu Feb 4, 2021, 11:47 AM

Feb 2021

infant an edge by doing some of the creative things recommended by scientists and psychologists, and having your efforts sabotaged by something so basic as contaminants in the food (or the air that they breathe, the lead in the water, etc.).

Not to get too far off on an tangent, but when we look around our country and see a large number of Americans falling for such ridiculous lies, believing absurd things, impervious to fact, unable or unwilling to read books and newspapers, it's hard not to wonder if there are things besides the Autocrat Playbook at work here. Trump: "I love the poorly-educated." He was really saying, "I want stupid people because they are so easy to fool." Why are there so many of them?

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New report finds toxic heavy metals in popular baby foods. FDA failed to warn consumers of risk [View all] Wicked Blue Feb 2021 OP

Well, this sucks...nt Wounded Bear Feb 2021 #1

Why are all these companies making poisoned baby food? Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #2

I too suspect this may be contributing to neurological problems. Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #4

That is my theory, we don't have clean food, air or water. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #6

Depressing. Imagine being a parent and trying to do everything right, give your Mike 03 Feb 2021 #3

The GOP refuses to do anything about the poisoning of the populace as it serves their purposes. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #7

Ceo of family organics Mosby Feb 2021 #5

It is possible to detect these elements in parts per trillion... NNadir Feb 2021 #8

Arsenic is in all plants. Mosby Feb 2021 #9

This is precisely what I expect is the case. NNadir Feb 2021 #14

Interestingly there is more arsenic in brown rice than white rice Mosby Feb 2021 #15

The most serious case of arsenic poisoning in the world is Bangladesh. NNadir Feb 2021 #18

ICP-MS can detect 1 part in 1,000,000,000,000,000 Klaralven Feb 2021 #13

Having Done This Technique... ProfessorGAC Feb 2021 #17

I'm Convinced... jayfish Feb 2021 #10

I think climate change is also affecting people more than we know Wicked Blue Feb 2021 #12

I made my kids' food 35 years ago. phylny Feb 2021 #11

Might this explain the skyrocketing autism cases? ecstatic Feb 2021 #16

Didn't know this, looks like its up everywhere around the world (link) uponit7771 Feb 2021 #19