Izinsimbi Ezisindayo Ekudleni Kwezingane: Imboni Awukwazi Ukusho Amazinga Amukelekayo

I-Esfandiary imele amakhulu ezingane ezihlushwa i-autism spectrum disorder (ASD) kanye ne-attention-deficit/hyperactivity-disorder (ADHD) ngenxa yokuchayeka ezinsimbi ezisindayo ezinobuthi - ikakhulukazi i-lead, i-mercury, i-arsenic ne-cadmium - ekudleni kwezingane okuvela emazweni amaningana ase-US. abakhiqizi, okuhlanganisa:

• Ukukhulisa – I-Happy Family Organics kanye ne-HappyBABY

• I-Beech-Nut

• I-Hain Celestial Group – I-Earth Best Organic

• I-Plum Organics

• I-Walmart – Ukukhetha Komzali

• Ukudla Okuhlumayo - Kuhluma Ukudla Okuphilayo

• UGerber

Amacala angokomthetho asuka embikweni kahulumeni owakhishwa ngo-February owathola ukuthi ukudla kwezingane okuvela ezinkampanini ezingenhla “kungcoliswe amazinga ayingozi e-arsenic, lead, cadmium, ne-mercury.” Ngokudabukisayo, lo mbiko uphawula nokuthi izinkampani “zithengisela abazali abangasoli le mikhiqizo, naphezu kwezindinganiso zangaphakathi zenkampani nemiphumela yokuhlolwa, futhi ngaphandle kokulebula okuyisixwayiso.”

Ngemva kwalo mbiko, i-FDA iqale uhlelo lwesenzo oluthi “Closer to Zero” ukuze kuncishiswe ukuchayeka kwezingane ezinsimbini ezisindayo ekudleni kwezingane kuye kumazinga “aphansi ngangokunokwenzeka.” Nakuba u-Esfandiary ethi uyishayela ihlombe le nhlangano ngokuthatha izinyathelo ezidingeka kakhulu kulolu daba, uphawula ukuthi i-Ejensi “kumele izame ukuqeda ubuthi obunjalo,” njengoba bengenamsebenzi wokudla kwezingane.

Ekuphawuleni kwakhe umphakathi we-FDA ngohlelo lokusebenza lwe-Closer to Zero, u-Esfandiary ubhala ukuthi uma izingane zizovikeleka ekuxhumaneni okusekelwe ngokwesayensi phakathi kokuchayeka kwezinsimbi ezinzima kanye nokuphazamiseka kwe-neurodevelopmental, i-FDA kufanele ibone ngokushesha futhi ithathe isinyathelo ngosongo olungcolisa ukudla kwezingane. isimo sempilo yezingane:

Inhlalakahle yezizukulwane ezizayo akumele incike emazingeni imboni ebona sengathi amukelekile ngokwezomnotho ukuwazuza ngokudla okukhiqizwa yizinkampani. Umgomo we-Ejensi kumele kube ukuqeda lezi zinsimbi ekudleni kwezingane. Kodwa-ke, noma ngabe i-Ejensi izoqinisekisa ukuthi amazinga ensimbi ekudleni "aphansi ngangokunokwenzeka", lowo mgomo ungafinyelelwa kuphela uma i-Ejensi ivuma ingozi yangempela empilweni yezingane ezibangelwa lezi zinsimbi namuhla.