Lawsuit Claims Toxic Metals in Parent’s Choice Baby Food Sold at Walmart Caused Autism
Mother alleges Walmart and baby food manufacturers knew their infant products were tainted with heavy metals, but sold them anyway.
Mother alleges Walmart and baby food manufacturers knew their infant products were tainted with heavy metals, but sold them anyway.
The new guidelines determine what the FDA considers to be an adulterated product, but are not legally enforceable against manufacturers.
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