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calimary

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12. I've heard of "death by chocolate," but this is ridiculous.
Mon Dec 26, 2022, 04:29 PM
Dec 2022

Maybe by now I’m just getting to be too old to worry about it anymore. Besides, I like semi-sweet and milk chocolate.

It looks like even the so-called safer ones contain lead and cadmium JohnSJ Dec 2022 #1
They're referencing the report I posted from Consumer Reports. n/t aggiesal Dec 2022 #2
I know. There is no "safe" level of lead JohnSJ Dec 2022 #3
El Cacao old as dirt Dec 2022 #4
Consumer reports article, speculation is the heavy metals come after harvest from road dust. Pobeka Dec 2022 #6
Appeal to nature FreeState Dec 2022 #13
Scrolling down in the article... old as dirt Dec 2022 #18
Death by chocolate ZonkerHarris Dec 2022 #5
Yikes Historic NY Dec 2022 #9
New meaning to "putting lead in your pencil." Chainfire Dec 2022 #7
I find dark chocolate very bitter, so I don't eat it. 3catwoman3 Dec 2022 #8
Making a virtue out of needing to economize on small boxes. :) Hortensis Dec 2022 #10
Yikes! The cadmium seems to come from natural uptake in the plant -- like polonium in tobacco. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2022 #11
I've heard of "death by chocolate," but this is ridiculous. calimary Dec 2022 #12
The hysteria is recent, the cadmium not so much 48656c6c6f20 Dec 2022 #14
How does all that lead and cadmium get in the soil? iemanja Dec 2022 #15
Bummer, I love dark chocolate. A one ounce maximum recommendation? Who can only eat one? panader0 Dec 2022 #16
Wow I have been eating HU fair trade vegan chocolate. It's one of the worst with lead mucifer Dec 2022 #17
No amount of lead is safe ... aggiesal Dec 2022 #19
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