this is why i just put fentanyl in my turmeric
How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
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Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#42Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#43> Yet adulterated turmeric looks like a major culprit almost everywhere, chiefly owing to poor practice in India, which produces 75% of the spice. It’s really shocking to me that in the year 2023 people could be intentionally adding lead to food products at this scale. Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Ignorance? Distrust of modern medicine and health advice? I suppose it’s similar to the problem of people…
One major factor is ignoring evidence based medicine. In India you can still commonly buy traditional medicines which have heavy metals like lead and mercury as ingredients.
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#44> Yet adulterated turmeric looks like a major culprit almost everywhere, chiefly owing to poor practice in India, which produces 75% of the spice. It’s really shocking to me that in the year 2023 people could be intentionally adding lead to food products at this scale. Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Ignorance? Distrust of modern medicine and health advice? I suppose it’s similar to the problem of people…
It's the result of a heterogeneous, low trust society - you don't care if you are killing someone who's not like you.
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Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#45The sun, pfas, co2, micro plastics, tumeric, chocolate… am I missing anything?
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#46> Yet adulterated turmeric looks like a major culprit almost everywhere, chiefly owing to poor practice in India, which produces 75% of the spice. It’s really shocking to me that in the year 2023 people could be intentionally adding lead to food products at this scale. Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Ignorance? Distrust of modern medicine and health advice? I suppose it’s similar to the problem of people…
It's the result of a heterogeneous, low trust society - you don't care if you are killing someone who's not like you.
This comment is ignorant at best and racist at worst imo. Food adulteration is a common practice on ALL low income countries. India has a substantial population living with one of the lowest per capita incomes in the world.
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#47> Yet adulterated turmeric looks like a major culprit almost everywhere, chiefly owing to poor practice in India, which produces 75% of the spice. It’s really shocking to me that in the year 2023 people could be intentionally adding lead to food products at this scale. Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Ignorance? Distrust of modern medicine and health advice? I suppose it’s similar to the problem of people…
> Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Greed, since consumers are fooled into believing they're buying a fresher, more yellow product. The Indian government has a webpage dedicated to detecting adulteration in various kinds of food, including turmeric[1]. [1] https://eatrightindia.gov.in/dart/
This talks about detecting it in whole turmeric, any way of doing so for powdered turmeric?
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#48How likely is the turmeric I buy in the EU to contain excess amounts of lead?
Stop eating spices.
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#49It's not turmeric that kills, it's the unregulated market.
Its the lead
Re: How to stop adulterated turmeric from killing people
#50> Yet adulterated turmeric looks like a major culprit almost everywhere, chiefly owing to poor practice in India, which produces 75% of the spice. It’s really shocking to me that in the year 2023 people could be intentionally adding lead to food products at this scale. Is this mainly due to greed and corruption? Ignorance? Distrust of modern medicine and health advice? I suppose it’s similar to the problem of people…
It's the result of a heterogeneous, low trust society - you don't care if you are killing someone who's not like you.
Do you have a link to a source with more info about this phenomenon?