In September 2016, ANSES published a study on infant nutrition, which studied the exposure of children under three years of age to chemical substances.
The objective of the Anses' Total Diet Studies (TDS) is to monitor the exposure of populations to a large number of substances present in food: residues of plant protection products, environmental contaminants, neoformed compounds, natural toxins, additives, trace elements or minerals, etc.
The diet of children under 3 years of age had been examined and nearly 670 substances had been investigated.
On November 28, 2018, the ANSES made available all the data from its study of total infant nutrition (EATi) in OpenData on the official website data.gouv.fr, this document presents all the data on concentrations of chemical substance residues or contaminants in the diet of children under three years old.
These data are available at the following link:
EATi data
Although the results confirmed a good level of control of health risks to the potential presence of contaminants in food, 16 substances were identified as being of concern.
For 9 substances, the situation required particular vigilance:
- Inorganic arsenic
- Lead
- Nickel
- PCDD/F/F
- PCBS
- Mycotoxins T-2 & HT-2
- Acrylamide
- Deoxynivalenol
- Furan
With regard to these 9 substances, the ANSES had recommended the implementation or reinforcement of management measures to limit exposure levels (policy to control environmental discharges, process control, setting regulatory thresholds or reducing existing thresholds).
For 7 other substances, the risk could not be excluded:
- Aluminium
- Cobalt
- Strontium
- Methylmercury
- Selenium
- Cadmium
- Genistein in soy consumers
For substances for which the risk could not be excluded or could not be assessed, the Agency recommended that additional knowledge be acquired.
The report of this study is directly available on the website of the anses to the following link:
EATi Report
