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  1. Michael Harrop

    Article FDA Issues Warning About Imported Cookware That May Leach Lead: August 2025

    https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-issues-warning-about-imported-cookware-may-leach-lead-august-2025 They have a table listing all the items, where they were sold, and photos of them. It looks like most of them are imported from India.
  2. Michael Harrop

    Article Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead. Consumer Reports investigation (Oct 2025)

    https://www.consumerreports.org/lead/protein-powders-and-shakes-contain-high-levels-of-lead-a4206364640/
  3. 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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  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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...
  8. 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
  9. 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...
  10. 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/
  11. 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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