I just posted a follow up article about lead in children's vitamins, and my search for one that is "most likely to be lead free." In addition to the suggested steps for how to select a safer vitamin, there is a link to a mama blogger who has spent some time digging around this issue. Check it out, and I hope it answers some of the questions I have received via email. But I'm not completely satisfied about this issue, so I will keep looking. And for my girls, if they have a really bad food day I will give them some of the Yummi Bears that I have. I'm not happy that they contain lead but it is the best I can do right now until I find another option.
I did hear back from Hero today (many of you were curious about in the comments). Here's what they had to say about the lead in their Yummi Bears:
"Lead is found in organic matters, and there are small traces of lead in Hero vitamins as with many other vitamins that are sold in the US.
In 2007, a study on the lead content in 324 children vitamins was done by the FDA, including Hero Yummi Bears the data showed that the lead exposures for all the products were below the PTTI (provisional total tolerable intake) levels for children. We believe that our Products are safe for children. Please feel free to contact us with any other questions that you may have."
A pretty emotionless, standard response. I'm not comforted much, but I am not freaking out, either.
For more on this issue, check out my post at Eco-Child's Play. I'll also repost it here later this week.
Image: Children's Chewable Vitamins by naotoj on Flickr
4 comments:
Thanks for the update. Was wondering was Hero had to say to you. (us)
Interesting yet alarmingly passive response from them.
Thanks for your comments. This issue is a confounding one!
This is absolutely unacceptable. Under no circumstances should children be given things to put in their bodies which are known toxins. No vitamins for my little ones - only healthy, organic foods.
Post a Comment