Commercial dog food contains ‘alarming’ levels of lead, mercury and other contaminants

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — Samples of popular commercial dog foods contained “dangerous levels” of heavy metals, plastic contaminants, and acrylamide, a cancer-causing compound created when food is subjected to high heat, according to a new investigation. “The levels of heavy metals and other contaminants we found were alarming,” said Molly Hamilton, the executive