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A comment on Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh. Parent comment

Re:Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh by UberFly on Monday June 26, 2023 @01:56PM (#36483297)
After reading that article I personally won't trust any I buy from anywhere unless it's from a reputable source and actually states that it's tested/lead-free. Yikes.
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Re:Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh by klipt on Monday June 26, 2023 @04:03PM (#36485063)
"Lead free" may be impossible, there is natural levels of lead in the soil that is taken up by plants.

However there's orders of magnitude difference between those natural levels, and adulterated spices with lead deliberately added for coloring.

Try googling the lead content of an average carrot, for example.

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