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(CBSDFW.COM) – A recent congressional report reveals that ingredients in many baby foods contain dangerously high levels of heavy metals such as arsenic, lead, and cadmium. Released by a House of Representatives subcommittee led by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Feb. 4, the report indicates levels that exceed the legal limits established by the Environmental Protection Agency. The Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization have declared toxic heavy metals dangerous to human health, particularly to babies and children, who are most vulnerable to their neurotoxic effects. Even low levels of exposure can cause serious and often irreversible damage to brain development. RELATED: 2 Of 6 Victims In Deadly Fort Worth Pileup Involving 130+ Vehicles Identified According to the report , these companies make up some of the largest baby food manufacturers in the United States: Nurture, Inc. (Nurture), which sells Happy Family Organics, including baby food products … [Read more...] about Report: Arsenic, Lead, Toxic Metals Exist In Some Baby Food Including Gerber, Walmart, Beech-Nut Brands

Investigators found an arsenal of so-called military-grade weapons including explosives and detonators in the Paris suburbs of Val-de-Marne after raiding a local drug trafficking network. The French anti-drug office OFAST came across the weapons in the commune of Limeil-Brévannes after dismantling the ten-man drug network, including Kalashnikov-type rifles, Heckler & Koch G3 rifles, M16 rifles, along with tripod stands and laser sighting equipment for the rifles. 16 magazines for the M16s were found along with 500 rounds of ammunition and a total of 1,300 cartridges of various calibres were found in the raid, French magazine Le Point reports . Such weapons are not generally held in civilian hands in France, where firearms laws Samir Ider, the head of the trafficking network, who was said to not only be violent but also radicalised, had hidden 600 grams (1lb 5oz) of TNT explosive and 600 grams of pentaerythritol tetranitrate, which is used to make the explosive semtex, a … [Read more...] about Arsenal of Military-Grade Firearms Found in Paris Suburbs

close Video Power Player of the Week: George Shultz President Reagan's secretary of state looks back. Former Secretary of State George Shultz, an influential foreign policy figure during President Ronald Reagan’s administration, died Saturday at age 100 at his home in Stanford, California, the Hoover Institution said Sunday. Shultz, a Hoover Institution distinguished fellow, held three major Cabinet posts in Republican administrations during his long career of public service. Before spending more than six years as Reagan’s secretary of state, he served as labor secretary and treasury secretary under President Richard Nixon. As the nation’s chief diplomat in the 1980s, Shultz forged a course for peace in the Middle East and tried to enhance relations with the Soviet Union. In this July 13, 1982, file photo Secretary of State designate George Shultz, right, speaks with members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prior to the start of the … [Read more...] about George Shultz, former Reagan secretary of state who helped negotiate end of Cold War, dead at 100

STANFORD (CBS SF/AP) — George Shultz, a career diplomat who held four Cabinet-level posts and a long-time San Francisco society figure along with his wife, Charlotte Mailliard, has died at his Stanford home at the age of 100. Stanford’s Hoover Institution, where Shultz was affiliated with after stepping down as secretary of state in 1989, announced the death. “Our colleague was a great American statesman and a true patriot in every sense of the word,” He will be remembered in history as a man who made the world a better place.” Condoleezza Rice, a fellow former Secretary of State and current director of the Hoover Institution, said in the release. Mayor London Breed said Shultz embodied “San Francisco values”. “I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Secretary George Shultz, who left a tremendous impact on our city and our country,” Breed said. “He was well-known for his accomplishments on the world stage, but … [Read more...] about Career Diplomat George Shultz Dies At His Stanford Home; He was 100

When Shaquil Barrett first got into the NFL, he didn’t need much time to deliver an omen. It was August 2014, and Barrett — now Tampa Bay’s star outside linebacker and the NFL’s sack leader since the start of 2019 — was playing in the Broncos’ preseason finale in Dallas. That’s when teammates DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller, who were sitting that night, threw down the gauntlet to see what their unproven teammate could do. “I remember making a bet with Shaq,” Ware recalled. “I said, ‘Shaq, I bet you $10,000 that you don’t have four sacks by the end of this game. And Von was like, ‘I’ll double it.’ There were 20 stacks on the table…. and we had to pay him. And it was right then I was like, ‘This dude right here is going to be special.'” While Barrett didn’t actually tally four sacks that game — he finished with two, plus two tackles for a loss — the veterans … [Read more...] about Ex-Broncos backup Shaquil Barrett set to star for Buccaneers against Chiefs in Super Bowl LV