Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist · ¶10

Respondents Sarah Palmquist and Grant Palmquist have a young son, E. P., who was born in 2014. For the first two years of E. P.'s life, the Palmquists fed him baby food that was made by petitioner Hain Celestial Group, Inc., and that they purchased from petitioner Whole Foods Market, Inc. At first, E. P.'s development progressed ordinarily, and he was a healthy child. Things changed when E. P. was 2½ years old. He began exhibiting serious developmental disorders and was diagnosed with a range of physical and mental conditions. After identifying high levels of arsenic, lead, and mercury in E. P.'s blood tests, some doctors attributed these conditions to heavy-metal poisoning. In 2021, years after E. P.'s diagnosis, a subcommittee of the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform released a staff report finding that certain baby foods, including Hain's, contained…

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