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.
Recent report found many store bought tampons contain heavy metals, but was inconclusive about whether chemicals in the tampons pose health risks for women.
Testing results may help families prove that their children developed ADHD or autism from baby food products contaminated with toxic levels of heavy metals.
While exceeding limits set in California, researchers indicated the levels of metals in dark chocolate are generally not high enough to raise serious health concerns with occasional servings, but additional research is needed
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.
Popular name brand tampons often contain higher amounts of toxic heavy metals than their cheaper, store brand competitors, researchers found.
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
