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Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate

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Re: Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate

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Post by pomian »

bell-cot wrote: post #4

It would be so nice if the FDA and/or USDA was a bit more powerful and competent. Especially when non-invasive screening of food products for lead (& other heavy metals) sounds very easy to do at scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_fluorescence#Usage

There is a lot of testing available, that would be very good to have the results for, especially in our food. Heavy metals are easy. A little more expensive are the organic compounds: think herbicides, fungicides, insecticides. There is no agency that monitors those ingredients in food, not even in baby food. Fresh strawberries in January in central Canada are awesome, but at what cost, to long term health? No one knows. There is sadly, no agency that over sees that for consumers.

Re: Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate

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Post by robotnikman »

bell-cot wrote: post #4

It would be so nice if the FDA and/or USDA was a bit more powerful and competent. Especially when non-invasive screening of food products for lead (& other heavy metals) sounds very easy to do at scale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_fluorescence#Usage

Would like to point out the non-profit organization mentioned in the article that bought this to light: As You Sow

I had never heard of them before until reading this article, they seem like a good organization to donate to.

Re: Lead and Cadmium Could Be in Your Dark Chocolate

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Post by astrange »

carlmr wrote: post #8
groggo wrote: post #7

No mention of Cadbury...

Because the name sounds somewhat like cadmium? Or why do you bring it up?

They’re not as popular in the US but (I assume without looking) are the largest brand elsewhere.

Also, the expensive brand Hu I got at Whole Foods is on the lead list and the Ghirardelli at cheaper stores isn’t. Whoops.

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