
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 26, 1995                   TAG: 9507260068
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

PESTICIDE RESIDUE FOUND IN BABY FOODS

More than half the name-brand baby foods selected at random from grocery stores in a recent study were found to contain residues of pesticides, including three probable carcinogens, a nonprofit environmental organization reported Tuesday.

Sixteen different pesticides were detected on the eight types of baby food sampled in the inquiry, according to the Environmental Working Group, the Washington-based organization that conducted the study this year.

Lynn Goldman, an assistant administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said that the findings accurately reflect the occasional occurrence of minuscule amounts of pesticides in baby food. But the levels found should pose no health threat to infants, she stressed.

``I would not recommend that parents stop feeding their children baby food as a result of this,'' said Goldman, who was trained as a pediatrician.

The EWG study acknowledged that the levels of residues found fall well below the amounts allowed by federal agencies.

- The Washington Post

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