Link Between Toxic Baby Food and Autism, ADHD Will Be Evaluated by MDL Judge in December 2025
Series of hearings will be held by the Court to weigh the strength of science showing that heavy metals in baby food cause autism or ADHD in children.
Series of hearings will be held by the Court to weigh the strength of science showing that heavy metals in baby food cause autism or ADHD in children.
Medical records, receipts and other documents must be preserved, which may be relevant to baby food heavy metal lawsuits being pursued by families of children diagnosed with autism or ADHD.
Testing results may help families prove that their children developed ADHD or autism from baby food products contaminated with toxic levels of heavy metals.
Plaintiffs submitted a master complaint outlining allegations that will be repeated in baby food lawsuits being pursued against Beech-Nut, Gerber, Hain, Nurture and other manufacturers of products tainted with toxic metals.
Parties disagree on whether families should be allowed to file multi-plaintiff complaints as part of any direct filing of baby food lawsuits with the MDL court.
Dozens of families have filed baby food injury lawsuits against Gerber, Beech-Nut and other major manufacturers, alleging that children developed ADHD and autism from toxic heavy metals in their products
A growing number of lawsuits have been filed against Gerber, Nurture, Beech-Nut and other popular brands, each involving allegations that children developed ADHD or autism from toxic baby food.
Three years after a Congressional report was released that identified high levels of toxic metals in baby food, manufacturers have failed to make their products safer for infants, legislators say
Gerber, Nestle, Plum Organics, Campbell and Sprout Foods are accused of "malicious recklessness" for selling toxic baby food loaded with toxic heavy metals that increase the risk of autism among children
The complaint comes as all federal baby food lawsuits over the effects of toxic heavy metals have been consolidated before one judge for pretrial proceedings.