Category: Education

Heavy Metals In Baby Food Spurs Litigation

We’ve all been at the supermarket and observed parents pacing around the food aisle in an effort to choose the right choice for their child’s growth. From infant formulas, tables food, and bags for snacks that are hand-held, the options seem infinite. Foods that are prepared commercially and “shelf food items that are stable” bab than $7 billion each year in April of 2020, around five percent of U.S. consumers reported that they were expecting to increase their expenditure on baby food because of the coronavirus epidemic. Food for babies is a huge business and food manufacturers are required to create safe and healthy items for their customers. That’s why the latest report from Congress on the findings of heavy metal tests for popular brands of baby food has caused controversy in the media and filing heavy metal baby food lawsuits.

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Background and Overview

The House Oversight Committee report (PDF)released on February 4 examined the existence of heavy metals in baby food in the course of an investigation that demanded companies submit reports and internal test data. In the month of November, the subcommittee of Congress demanded seven of the largest baby food producers to submit internal reports and test results following an investigation by outsiders revealed the presence of toxic chemicals, like arsenic as well as lead in some products. The subcommittee demanded information from the following firms:

  • Nurture, Inc. (Happy Family Organics)
  • Beech-Nut Nutrition Company
  • Hain Celestial Group (Earth’s Best Organic)
  • Gerber
  • Campbell Soup Company (Plum Organics)
  • Walmart, Inc. (Parent’s Choice brand)
  • Sprout Foods Inc.

When Nurture, Beech-Nut, Hain Celestial, and Gerber have responded to the request of Congress, Walmart, Campbell, and Sprout did not produce any documentation, causing the subcommittee “greatly worried about the possibility that their inaction may be concealing the presence of higher levels of dangerous heavy metals within their infant food products than their rivals in their products.”

The tests showed the presence of arsenic, Cadmium, as well as lead found in baby food items. The tests revealed that some of the products had more heavy metals than allowed in water bottles. There are no Federally mandated upper limits on mercury, lead, or cadmium found in baby food The FDA set the maximum levels allowed in the bottled water as 10 parts for every billion (ppb) for arsenic inorganic 5 ppb for lead, and 5 ppm of cadmium. According to the report of Congress the test results for baby food and its ingredients “eclipse the limits of these substances, including results as high as 91 % arsenic levels and up to 177 times lead levels up to 70 times the cadmium levels as well as up five times the mercury levels.” A high concentration of heavy metals that are toxic is also present in organic foods.

In one instance highlighted within the study, tests by Nurture which produces Happy Family Organics products revealed that the company did not adhere to their internal guidelines for 100 parts per billion (ppb) for infant snacks. The food for babies included levels far above the limit. Hain Celestial, the maker of Earth’s Best Organic Foods, had arsenic levels of more than 100ppb also.

Metals with heavy metals are naturally present in certain foods, including vegetables and rice, but the amount can be increased through the addition of vitamins, enzymes, and mineral mix. Businesses often do this which can lead to high concentrations of heavy metals in the final product.

How Does Metal Exposure can affect infants and toddlers?

Exposure to heavy metals in infants is a major problem. Based on the American Academy of Pediatrics, exposure to lead at any level is extremely harmful to children. Previous studies have connected heavy metal exposure to behavior impairments and brain damage, damages to the nervous system seizures, growth impairments, seizures as well as the death of a child.

In a recent class-action lawsuit in Clark County, Nevada plaintiffs comprise families of seven children with neurological disorders and autism that parents say is the result of long-term exposure to the heavy metals in baby food items.

The NCBI published a research study in 2015 that concluded that heavy metals interfere with metabolism by two methods:

  1. They build up and cause disruption to functions in important glands and organs like the brain, heart kidneys, bone, liver, etc.
  2. They take away vital minerals that are essential to nutrition from their natural location and hinder their function in the biological system.

More supervision is needed to safeguard babies from serious health-related side effects and long-term health harm as the report concludes. This report by the Oversight Committee is urging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to establish what is the appropriate amount of exposure for infants, and require that manufacturers adhere to these limitations. On March 5th, the FDA announced new measures to further reduce the presence of harmful elements in food products for children and infants. As part of the actions, it announced that the FDA sent a letter to toddler and baby food manufacturers, urging them to take into account the chemical hazards contained in their product while conducting their own hazard analysis. The letter continued to say that although harmful elements and other chemical compounds found in food can cause health risks, however, the FDA is taking steps to remove these products from the marketplace. So far there have not been any recalls issued for the infant food items that are mentioned in the report of Congress.

Halo Theory in Food Litigation

“The “halo impact” is the phenomenon where one characteristic of a thing or person is used to form an overall assessment of that individual or thing. In the courtroom, it’s the argument made by the lawyers representing plaintiffs that reasonable consumers wouldn’t be expecting to find any amount of heavy metals in food items that are promoted to be “healthy” and healthy”. In addition, since there aren’t safe harbor levels for the majority of heavy metals specifically for baby food, there’s not a particular threshold that a defendant could use to claim the protection of consumers.

At the time of writing, the total number of lawsuits are pending in federal courts in 12 states which led to a motion being filed before the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) to arrange preliminary proceedings within the Eastern District of New York where the bulk of cases are in the process. Gerber as well as other defendants are against consolidation , arguing that their lawsuits should not be included with lawsuits that are filed against Hain Celestial Group. The JPML has not yet issued a decision regarding coordination, however, plaintiffs’ firms like Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, Moore Law Group and Baum Hedlund Aristei & Goldman are taking clients on and focus on the personal injury part of the lawsuit.

Baby Food Companies Respond

Following the release of the report, several companies that were involved in the testing released statements in defense of their procedures for procurement and testing and vowed to fight the lawsuits brought against them.

Plum Organics said that given the absence of any specific FDA guidelines on infant food, Campbell utilized “standards taken from California’s Proposition 65, the EU (European Union) as well as the WHO (World Health Organization) as well as general guidelines from the FDA on lead , which is not specifically applicable to infant food.” Gerber, a founding member of the Baby Food Council has stated that the safety standards “are one of the highest in not only the US and around across the globe,” adding they “take various steps like prioritizing growth places based on climate as well as soil composition; and approving the fields prior to planting crops on the basis of soil tests.”

Hain Celestial asserts that the congressional report incorrectly classified a meeting in conjunction with FDA (the report stated that the FDA received the FDA a “secret informational presentation”) and also that the information that was used for the study was not current and didn’t accurately reflect their current methods. The company further claimed that following the attending a conference with FDA they took a variety of steps to reduce the level of heavy metals present in their products. One of them was not using Brown rice as a component in the products, which comprise mainly rice.

Happy Family Organics also claimed that the committee relied on “select information” and also claimed that the report was biased and “tone prejudice.” Beech-Nut stated that the report did not note that a lot of everyday food products contain trace amounts the heavy metals mentioned, regardless of whether they are cooked at the home or sold as packaged food items. Beech-Nut used the occasion to assure parents that their product is safe as well as healthy.

Potential issues

There are legal hurdles in the litigation involving baby food and it’s not evident if the claims submitted will be compensated for families. The FDA has declared that heavy metals are not completely eliminated from the grains, fruits and vegetables that form the base of infant food. Even though the comparison is not as strong as the FDA limitations for heavy metals in bottles of juices and water It is crucial to keep in mind that chemicals that dissolve in juices or in water are absorption by the body in different ways than heavy metals found in food that are generally coupled by intricate carbon ligands which reduce their ability to be absorb into the human body.

Furthermore, the courts have not been open to lawsuits involving small amounts of pesticide residues present in food. Legal actions for General Mills over their Nature Valley Products and Cheerios, Florida’s Natural Growers over glyphosate in orange juice as well as Kellogg’s Co. over their Nutrigrain bars were unable to prevail on motions to dismiss or otherwise dismissed.

The Point Is Poetry

“This is what poems are for:

Telling other people things

I can no longer tell you.”

This quote by Trista Mateer is one of my favorite quotes of all time. Because every time I read this quote, I cannot help but wonder what was going on in the minds of those great poets when they wrote the poems we read today, or rather who was going on in the minds of those poets?The center of almost every poem is the poet missing their lover or their mother or their home or they are extremely happy or extremely sad and there’s no other way to express that feeling but poetry. ‘There’s no other way to express that feeling but poetry.’ Everything makes so much more sense when it’s in the form of poetry.

Truth be told, I haven’t always been this big of a poetry fan. For the longest time poems for me were just lessons in my English textbook. The emphasis was more on finding the figure of speech and not on connecting with the poet. Every line had a hidden meaning, the red dress was a symbol of pain or sometimes pleasure, the blue eyes symbolized the oceans of tears she held in her eyes, the daffodils symbolized happiness. We were always told to read between the lines. But what if, just what if, the red dress is just a red dress symbolizing nothing but how much does our girl in the poem like the color red or maybe not even that. What if blue eyes are just the color of her eyes and the poem mentions daffodils because it’s the only flower that grows around her house? Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that poems are just plain sentences that symbolize nothing. I’m sure that many poems like ‘the road not taken’ actually do have a deeper meaning. All I’m trying to say is that we don’t always have to search for deeper meaning. The point of poetry is for you to enjoy it, it’s for you to connect to it.

Shakespeare rightly said that the only thing that will outlive everything is poetry. The feelings you feel now of pain or heartbreak or misery or happiness or love, you think those feelings are unique to you, you think that no one in the world could understand what you’re feeling and then one day you come across a poem that speaks to you in a way you didn’t think was possible. It seems like that poem is something from your own head. And that part of you is a bit more defined, a bit sharper, and a bit easier to understand and explain to others. And in a while, you realize that this poet felt exactly what you’re feeling just some hundred and fifty years ago. Told you that everything makes so much more sense when it’s in the form of poetry.

What’s more interesting is we all read the same poetry and miss different people, different places, different homes. How that poem is written for none of us but somehow for every one of us. Don’t you think that’s the entire point of poetry? You don’t have to understand the poetry to enjoy it. You don’t have to read every work of your favorite poet to say you’re a fan. You don’t have to go look for the deeper meaning, sometimes there isn’t any and sometimes the deeper meaning is how the poem resonates with you. Sometimes the point of poetry is poetry.

Tips and advice on how to play the trumpet

Listening to music has always provided enjoyment to people around the globe. To be a famous musician is just one of many people’s dreams. Playing musical instruments has become an incredibly popular hobby. In recent times, the number of budding musicians has grown as people try to keep themselves occupied during the testing times of the Covid pandemic. It seems like everyone has been struggling the last year or two.

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While the sale of musical instruments has surged during the pandemic as people aim to try something new, it’s not only guitars that have got pulses racing. Brass instruments have garnered enormous attention, with of course one of the most popular of these instruments being the trumpet. If you have found yourself becoming increasingly interested, and looking for information, here below are some suggestions to make your adventure a little easier.

Take your Time

Upon purchasing a new instrument, (along with your dreams of success!), it’s likely that you will be aiming to practice as much as possible. While this is admirable, it’s unlikely you will be playing at the level you crave overnight. Rather than playing a lot on certain days, try to fit in a little practice each day. This will slowly build your confidence and skills as you get to grips with your new instrument.

You can increase the time spent practicing as your level of endurance grows. It’s recommended to do some physical exercise to help you prepare for the rigors of playing the trumpet. Rest is highly important after playing. Don’t be afraid to take a day off now and again either and give yourself a break. Constantly playing can become repetitive, and a simple break could be all the inspiration you need to come back refreshed and better than before!

Get your Back Straight!

If you intend to play your new favorite instrument a lot, it’s important not to form any bad habits from the beginning. Starting out, people, unfortunately, tend to form stiff posture. If they continue to do so, it could lead to pain and problems in later life, affecting them both in their personal and musical adventures.

Whether you are standing or sitting down, it’s vital that your back is straight. Your spine will lengthen, and your airway will become longer. This can only help with your breathing as you prepare to play the trumpet. Your shoulders should be relaxed, and while it’s normal that the trumpet will be angled slightly downwards, ensure it’s not facing the floor.

Don’t Be Shy

Like any other hobby, it’s important to have fun while you learn to play the trumpet. This does not mean you constantly have to be stuck playing in a room alone. It can be of benefit for both your trumpet skills and confidence skills to find a partner. Socializing is important, and simply talking and playing together with a fellow musician may provide some helpful Tips to playing the trumpet.

If you are lucky enough to have a jazz club in your area, be sure to drop by and check out the acts on show. It’s possible you may end up playing there someday! Watching other players can give you an idea of how they go about their play efficiently.

Of course, these days, we are lucky to have online streaming sites such as Youtube. This is a one-stop place, where videos to cater to all your musical needs can be found. Whether you are looking for lessons or tips, or again, you are aiming to watch other players, Youtube has it all. Perhaps if you have the confidence, you could set up your own channel. This way you can openly display your talents while being open to any advice that may come in your direction.

Have a Target

Instead of possibly just stumbling through practice sessions with no apparent goal in mind, it can be helpful to set yourself some targets. This may in fact give you the motivation to succeed in your aim of playing the trumpet. Asides from lessons that may be given to you which you have to complete to further improve, achieving personal goals can be very satisfying.

Be realistic when you set these targets. While they are possible, try not to put yourself under severe pressure which can lead to stress. You may be comfortable enough to practice playing a different piece in your house every day, but how confident would you be playing it in public?

Summary

While its true trumpet playing is known for its use in the military, the popularity of orchestras and jazz musicians has meant that public interest in learning how to play the instrument remains. It’s wise to begin slowly, and take time to get used to the instrument. Start as you mean to go on, and ensure your posture is correct, hopefully leading to a long and unhindered career.

It can be helpful to get involved with other people. Getting advice that can improve your playing skills is only to be appreciated. Putting yourself up for scrutiny on sites like Youtube can be beneficial. It’s important that you set targets to proceed on your journey of successful development of playing the trumpet. Achieving these goals can be immensely satisfying.

Asserting Your Consumer Rights For Your Consumer Satisfaction: A Guide

Asserting your consumer rights should be no hindrance to attaining consumer satisfaction. Speaking out against a business or company is uncomfortable and potentially costly to some. However, a business or company that allows itself to be critiqued by its consumers proves its decency and genuine intent to serve its consumers. So don’t fault yourself for overthinking about getting negatively affected by your own opinion. Moreover, your opinion matters. Your rights matter. You matter. Go ahead, know your rights, and assert yourself!

A Guide for Asserting  and  Practicing Your Consumer Rights

 1. The Right to Basic Needs

It’s okay to prioritize your needs as a consumer, especially when it comes to food, water, clothing, and shelter. However, do remember to prioritize value for money and quality, not brand identity or quantity. Avoid panic buying to ensure that everyone else can exercise their right to basic needs in times of crises or calamity.

If unsatisfied:

You may need to cut down on spending on unnecessary goods, products, and services. You may also need to ask for charitable help.

2. The Right to Safety

Read all product labels and circulars before buying and using a certain product, especially if you’re allergic to something. Stay abreast of the news. You never know which new good or product just got recalled or was discovered to be hazardous. Be responsible for other people in your household or immediate vicinity (i.e., children) concerning the use of certain goods and products.

If  unsatisfied:

When doubtful of a good or product’s effectiveness, ask for a professional consultant or anyone who genuinely knows how the good or product works. Ask for a sample or do a test run before purchase, if you can. If you have more doubts about a good or product’s safety and general performance, return to the establishment with your official proof of purchase or warranty. It may help to write down all your queries, concerns, and consumer complaints. If no one can address your issues thoroughly, try getting ahold of the manufacturer or supplier.

3. The Right to Information

Research what you can on what you want to buy before purchasing them. Information regarding good and product use, content (if applicable), stock, and reviews should always be available for consumption. Remember to read and understand all provisions in the documents related to your purchases. In addition, the name and address of the manufacturer or supplier should be known in case the need arises.

If unsatisfied:

You can get in touch with peers who purchased similar goods or products. You may also contact the manufacturer or distributor directly if you need more detailed information.

4. The Right to Have Choices

Remember to specify what you want or need. You are well within your right to check on the prices of similar goods or products before purchase.

Read online manuals or instructions carefully to compare one product from another thoroughly.

If unsatisfied:

Contact the manufacturer or supplier to inquire more about the good or product. Regarding services, emailing an official representative from the involved establishment with helpful suggestions to improve their services is always a good idea.

5. The Right to Be Heard

You can be part of a consumer collective and have a platform to use your voices as consumers and express your concerns to legislators.

If unsatisfied:

Being part of a consumer group is good because your collective appeal will be heard and heeded better. Also, you can always coordinate with legitimate and accredited consumer organizations in your locality. When in doubt, get a lawyer.

6. The Right to Redress

Returning defective purchased goods and products to the store of origin is a proper exercise of this right. However, do not sell a defective, faulty, or recalled good or product. You will be held liable. Instead, request a replacement, refund, or repair of the good or product. Keeping documents related to your defective purchases, such as official receipts, is prudent, especially if you get involved in a legal case.

If unsatisfied:

Get a lawyer. If legal mediation fails, arbitration follows. The process is similar to that of a regular court hearing. However, a formal hearing will be conducted if no settlement is reached.

7. The Right to Consumer Education

Voraciously read newspapers, magazines, and other pertinent literature for articles that may educate consumers on how to get the best value for their money and how to avoid getting scammed. In addition, participate in seminars, conferences, and online forums conducted by government agencies, consumer groups, and companies regarding consumer products, new concepts, and others.

If unsatisfied:

Write a letter to consumer columnists to share your opinions and concerns. Inquire about consumer education activities in schools.

Inform government officials via official correspondence on issues or legislation you think will affect you greatly as a consumer.

8. The Right to a Healthy Environment

Remember the 3 Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) and be aware of the kind and extent of pollution occurring in your area.

If unsatisfied:

Inform local officials and consumer organizations regarding illegal activity negatively impacting the environment, such as illegal logging, improper waste disposal, etc., committed in your area. Ensure that your surroundings (and air & water) are clean and relatively safe from pollution. Encourage proper waste disposal, segregation, and recycling in your community.

Author’s Bio:

Deinah Storm used to work in the corporate world as a marketing affiliate. She quit her job to pursue her passion for writing, but to this day, Deinah is committed to educating consumers about the different marketing scams and how to avoid them.

Educational Math Website for Students — AssignMaths.com Helps with Any Math Assignment

Have you ever wished that someone would take all of the math assignments off your shoulders? Today’s educational institutions’ issue is that students are frequently given enormous volumes of data and a significant number of projects in a relatively short time. 

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Master of the Senses?

Are we the masters or slaves of our senses? Are we the driver of our actions or being driven by the forces outside?

The later case is so common that anything otherwise might come under the category of superhuman.

In a story of Pizza – the person!, Pizza has a great life. Pizza always puts all kinds of efforts to look good and ends up creating history.

People never get bored of Pizza and want to accompany Pizza on almost every other day. Pizza’s life is so good and rich. Which pizza we pictured?

What we read, watch and listen, that most easily comes in thoughts, words and actions.

Rabi & Kharif Crops

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Definition of Rabi Crop

Rabi crops are also referred to as Winter crops. They grow during the winter season which is between October and March. The term ‘Rabi’ means spring. Thus, as you know, the harvesting time for Rabi crops happens during the spring season. Unlike Kharif crops, Rabi crops do not need a lot of water. Thus, they make do with routine water irrigation in order to flourish.

For instance, they include Wheat, Barley, Pulses, Gram, and more. In addition, farmers also sow seeds of Mustard, Cumin, Sunflower, Rapeseed, and more during this season.

Rabi Crops

Definition of Kharif Crop

Kharif Crops grow during the rainy season which is between June and October. Thus, we also refer to them as Monsoon crops. Unlike Rabi crops, these crops require water in abundance in order to grow. That is why the farmers sow them during the onset of monsoon. Consequently, they…

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Burning the Five Vices

The festival of Dussehra celebrates the end of evil, followed by Diwali the festival of lights.

What is that evil if we have to name it?

Our thoughts and habits? Or some people’s thoughts and some people’s habits? Or is it restricted to some country and arises occassionally?

Majority minds today are burning in the flames of lust, anger or greed.

Five vices of man and five vices of woman symbolize the ten heads of Raavana.

Have these vices really disappeared as we are celebrating Dussehra?

The celebration of life will begin only when each one on the planet becomes an embodiment of virtues and a divine personality.