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  Katy Bannerman's deep freezer was overflowing with packets of breast milk of about 8,000 ounces. It was during the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Carolina mother of two began donating her extra supply of breast milk to mothers struggling with breastfeeding issues. Katy was inspired to donate her surplus breast milk after struggling with lactation issues herself during her first son's infancy. But when she became pregnant with her second child, Bannerman was determined to overcome her past issues. After seeking help from a private lactation consultant, Bannerman began overproducing, pumping up to

  Baby food ingredients in certain products contained up to 91 times the inorganic arsenic level, up to 177 times the lead level, up to 69 times the cadmium level, and up to five times the mercury level allowed in bottled water, the report said, yet the companies still approved those products for sale. From the time of conception through the age of 2, babies have an extremely high sensitivity to neurotoxic chemicals, said Jane Houlihan, the national director of science and health for Healthy Babies Bright Futures, a coalition of advocates committed to reducing babies' exposures to neurotoxic chemicals. Read the full story here .....