French National Assembly Passes Bill to Reduce Cadmium Contamination in Food

Paris – 06/04/2026: The French National Assembly has, in a first reading, passed a bill aimed at protecting the population from the health risks of the toxic heavy metal cadmium. Cadmium is a metal naturally occurring in soils but is introduced into the environment in elevated concentrations primarily through human activities, especially the use of phosphate-containing fertilizers. This increased contamination leads to the accumulation of the metal in agricultural products…