Consumer Reports just published a study of US dark chocolate confirming that pretty much all of it contains high levels of cadmium or lead.
The trees naturally take up cadmium out of the soil, and then it accumulates in the cacao beans. But the beans don't contain high levels of lead, that's contamination during processing. (The article doesn't give a source for the lead. Of course I suspect gasoline, since leaded gas is still used to power agricultural machinery, but really I have no idea.)
oh yeah, this is where i first saw this. thank you for sharing this.
also, god damn, fuck, shit. i have been a habitual binger of one of the worst-tested TJ products for several years now. and i quite liked it.
we often have this notion that this sort of consumer product danger is a thing of the distant past, but often enough get reminders that no, capitalism and/or scientific ignorance still stand at the ready to mass-poison us.
😬😬😬😬 since I’m allergic to milk if I want chocolate it pretty much has to be dark… frick frick frick
I've seen dairy-free "milk" chocolate. Since the metals are in the cacao, they also get into milk chocolate, just in lower concentration.
