Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) called on the food and drug administration (FDA) to take further action over a report last week that found 95 percent of baby food tests contained toxic metals, according to the Associated Press.

Saying consumers “rightly expect that these products are undoubtedly safe, properly regulated and nutritionally maintained,” the new York Senator on Sunday urged the FDA to conduct its own evaluation of the study and release its findings, according to the Ap.

The study, conducted by the advocacy group Healthy babies Bright futures, found that of the 168 types of baby food tested, 95 percent contained lead, 73 percent contained arsenic, 75 percent contained cadmium and 32 percent contained mercury.

Twenty-five percent contained all four, while one-fifth contained more than 10 times the one-part-per-billion maximum level of lead approved by public health advocates.

“Even in trace amounts found in food, these contaminants can alter the developing brain and undermine a child’s intelligence. The consequences add up with every meal or snack a child eats, ” the report said. “Despite the risks, with few exceptions, there are no specific restrictions on toxic heavy metals in infant nutrition.”

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