Arsenic Rice and Baby Food: Buyer Beware

I love rice, but generally use an all things in moderation lifestyle, including a diverse diet. But when it comes to feeding my son, specifically getting that 10mg of iron a day, a fortified cereal is very useful, and unfortunately,finding a variety of cereals without some poison in them hasn't been as easy as a parent would expect. Before introducing solids I heard a mom on this site reply in a post about arsenic in rice and baby cereal. I'm glad I read that, as it lead me to do my own research. I -like many other parents- just assumed all baby products would be made with even more care and safety adherence than any adult marketed products. Not so! From corn syrup saturated formulas, to vague ingredient lists and items like sugar and loaded preservatives hidden on the package lists, I found myself dismayed. As though there isn't enough to worry about, like, will I find out in a decade that my baby shampoo has formaldehyde in it, or will this baby powder lead to ovarian cancer etc. Now when I went out looking for a cereal with 100% iron content that was also rice and sugar free, I was only able to find a couple, whereas there were dozens of rice based cereals. I realised then how easily we associate babies with certain "trusted" brands like Gerber and Johnson's. Even the products that seem like they'd be free of rice had some amount. Rice being so cheap and traditionally used for babies as an easy to digest, naturally sweet and low allergenic option. But recently high levels of arsenic have been found in rice and rice products. That is innorganic Arsenic, that seeps into the soils and water supplies from pollution: https://www.fda.gov/food/foodborneillnesscontaminants/metals/ucm319870.htm So why is it still so widely used in baby foods? Why aren't our doctors or midwives advising us against these products? Now I've since reduced how much rice I eat, and am happy to know mountain grown rice has less of a contamination. But it doesn't change that so many parents still don't know that they are feeding poison to their babies, because they trust the companies marketing to them to have their child's best health in mind. The lesson here, as with so many lessons I've learned about baby business, is just that, it's all business. The only ones truly concerned for your child's wellbeing are you yourself, and that's a lot to take on in the face of large companies and the billions in targeted advertising working against our better nature. Buyer beware. I hope this reflection has been insightful.