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  1. Michael Harrop

    Article Consumer Reports warns of lead in popular gluten substitute. Cassava Flour, Chips, Bread, and More (May 2025)

    https://www.oregonlive.com/retail/2025/05/consumer-reports-warns-of-lead-in-popular-gluten-substitute.html https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/cassava-flour-chips-bread-more-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a7817220954/ Petition: Get toxic lead out of cassava products...
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    Article Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds (April 2025)

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/17/toothpaste-lead-heavy-metals The article is misleading as this isn't research, but just someone doing some lab tests. But the results are still interesting.
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  3. Michael Harrop

    Article Will This New U.S. Project Make the World’s Children Smarter? (Oct 2024) The Biden administration announced a major global initiative to tackle lead poisoning in poor and middle-income countries where lead is an even greater problem than in the rich world

    https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/opinion/lead-poisoning-children-smart-science.html
  4. Michael Harrop

    Article The 12 Cinnamon Powders You Should Never Use. Consumer Reports found high lead levels in a third of the cinnamon powders and spice mixtures we tested. (Sep 2024)

    Article: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/high-lead-levels-in-cinnamon-powders-and-spice-mixtures-a4542246475/ Petition: FDA: Take Action on Dangerous Lead Levels in Cinnamon https://action.consumerreports.org/nb-20240912-fdaleadcinnamon
  5. Michael Harrop

    Study Heavy metals, including lead, found in many dark chocolate bars (Jul 2024) A multi-year heavy metal analysis of 72 dark chocolate and cocoa products in the USA

    https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/heavy-metals-lead-found-many-dark-chocolate-bars-rcna163516 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/31/well/eat/dark-chocolate-heavy-metals.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/31/health/cacao-dark-chocolate-lead-heavy-metals-wellness/index.html...
  6. Michael Harrop

    Study Scientists have issued a warning after finding toxic heavy metals in dozens of mainstream tampon products. Lead in particular (2024) Tampons as a source of exposure to metal(loid)s

    https://www.newsweek.com/toxic-metal-lead-tampons-brain-cognitive-function-1922931 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412024004355
  7. Michael Harrop

    Study Occurrence of heavy metals coupled with elevated levels of essential elements in chocolates: Health risk assessment (May 2024)

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0963996924004307 This study makes super bizarre/absurd claims. There is no safe level of lead https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/csem/leadtoxicity/physiological_effects.html Article title: A dark side to dark chocolate? New study finds very minimal...
  8. Michael Harrop

    Article Don’t use these six cinnamon products, FDA warns after concerning lead tests (Mar 2024)

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/dont-use-these-six-cinnamon-products-fda-warns-after-concerning-lead-tests/
  9. Michael Harrop

    Article Recalled applesauce pouches now linked to more than 200 lead poisoning cases in 33 states, CDC says (Dec 2023)

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/recalled-applesauce-pouches-cinnamon-lead-poisoning-cases-states-cdc/
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