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Even cat food in America is poison New Lab Test Investigation into cat food sold in America tested 62 brands, covering 100 products and found: - 99% contained lead - 94% contained arsenic - 96% contained cadmium - Dry food had about 3c the lead of wet or air-dried food - Fish and seafood formulas had about 18x the mercury of other dry foods - Fish and seafood formulas had about 28x among wet foods only - Nearly half of fish products ranked in the high-mercury group. No poultry product did - Fish formulas also had about 2.5x the cadmium - Glyphosate (weed killer) was detected in 37% of products - The plasticizer DEHP was found in 48 of 100 products, canned and pouched products had about 5x as much as bagged products List of brands that were tested: • Purina (Cat Chow, Friskies, One, Pro Plan, Fancy Feast) • Acana • American Journey • Applaws • BIXBI (Liberty and Rawbble) • Blue Buffalo (Tastefuls and Wilderness) • Boss Cat • Carna4 • Chicken Soup for the Soul • Diamond Naturals • Dr. Marty’s (Nature’s Feast) • Fancy Feast (Purina) • Fresh is Best • Freshpet • Friskies (Purina) • Fromm • Fussie Cat • Go! Solutions • Grandma Lucy’s • Green Juju • Hill’s Science Diet • The Honest Kitchen • I and Love and You • Iams • Instinct • Kirkland Signature • McLovin’s • Merrick • Meow Mix • Natural & Delicious (N&D) • Natural Pet Food Group • Nature’s Advantage • Nulo • Nutrish • Open Farm • Optimal • Orijen • PawTree • Primal • Purpose • Quest (Go Raw) • Redbarn • Reveal • Royal Canin • Sheba • Smallbatch • Smalls • The Simple Food Project • Solid Gold • Special Kitty (Walmart) • Stella & Chewy’s • Tiki Cat • Vital Essentials • Wellness • Weruva • Whole Hearted • Whole Life • Ziwi Peak Lab testing was done by The Clean Label Project, a Colorado nonprofit that tests consumer products and sells a purity certification