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| Four dark chocolate makers including Hershey and Cadbury are urged to cut down levels of heavy metals in their bars by Valentine's Day ‐ when 58 MILLION lbs of coca is consumed |
| 2023-01-25 |
...and we wonder why kids are crazy. Surely this would lead to higher craziness in older people — children generally prefer milk chocolate, which the article does not point to as a risk. [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Consumer Reports put out open letters to Hershey, Modelez International — which owns Cadbury — and Theo Chocolate and Trader Joe's on Monday, following the a report by the group in late 2022 which found high levels of lead and cadmium in the companies' dark chocolate products. The watchdog highlighted that long-term exposure to the metals could result in nervous system problems, immune system suppression and kidney damage. Though there is no indication that any of the bars individually contain enough to cause harm Last month, Consumer Reports said 23 of the 28 dark chocolate bars it tested included potentially harmful levels of lead, cadmium or both for people who eat more than one ounce of chocolate a day. Cadmium is naturally in soil and is thought to get absorbed by cocoa plants during the harvesting process. There currently is no national limit on lead and cadmium in chocolate bars set by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #6 Can they market low and high heavy metal versions so I can see which tastes better? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-01-25 21:25 |
| #5 Ditto #3. My wife makes me Truffles for Xmas every year. The dark chocolate with Rasberry are to die for. Orange, mint etc. are good too. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-01-25 18:06 |
| #4 We are DOOMED in another Linear No-Threshold Study? |
| Posted by: magpie 2023-01-25 10:44 |
| #3 I love me some dark chocolate. No wonder I'm a crazy SOB... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2023-01-25 07:13 |
| #2 Dark chocolate goes well with Opus 1. |
| Posted by: Xyz 2023-01-25 01:21 |
| #1 FDA proposes lead limits in baby food |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2023-01-25 00:32 |