Beware Of Pesticides
You probably wouldn’t buy fresh fruit that had high levels of pesticides, but we may be unknowingly buying it for our babies. A study in the International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry reported that the pesticide residue found on the skins of fresh apples can also be found in processed apple baby foods. Some apple baby foods even exceeded the maximum allowed amount of pesticides for children!
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