This kind of thing is why the "there are too many regulations" people drive me insane. Regulations are the only things that stand between us and being poisoned daily, and the ones we have aren't strong enough. As long as we're living in a profit-driven society, regulations are the only tissue-thin layer of protection we get.
I know, it's so incredibly stupid. We have the memory of fleas. Is it like this in other countries? Are Americans the only ones who just forgot that the reason we have regulations is because people were dying?
Weird how manslaughter is still a crime even if the violent act is unintentional, yet CEOs regularly and openly get away with manslaughter every single day. But it's seen as acceptable because it is unintentional, and the poisoning is done by inaction rather than action.
If you are willing to lay down your life as "collateral damage" for porky, you have no right to call people a certain type of bird. If you are okay with having your IQ lowered of your weight to spiral out of control so porky doesn't have to put any more effort in, you have no right to share your ideas of "cleansing the genome".
"The levels found in the testing don't violate any laws, according to Consumer Reports, since there are no federal limits for lead and cadmium in most foods."
:agony-deep:
I buy myself one of their dark chocolate bars a few times every month as a payday treat. :joker-shopping:
the crazy part is that this shit was even worse 50 years ago. i found out my water service line into my house is lead, and the city is replacing them for free. Still waiting to hear back. Luckily im an adult with no kids. The previous family had 3 small children and lead pipes. yeesh.
Growing up in the third world gang!
Lead pipes, lead paint, leaded gas in the air!
It's my understanding that lead pipes are overall safe because of a chemical added to the water supply, but yeah probably best to get it replaced. We needed some repairs done and the plumber was like "alright, if I have to do something over there, this gets a lot more serious because those are lead and I don't work with lead"
phosphates can be added to keep pH at the appropriate ranges to not corrode the cement between pipewalls & waterflow (minerals from the water bond to the pipe). but physical disruption is also to be watched, you can lose cement from knocking pipes about too. and temperature.
shit is pretty fucking finicky tbh which is why its getting phased out even though it has other highly favored plumbing characteristics
Goddammit what in the hell isn't poisoned in this vile country?
And I'm sure all the people who threw out there children's halloween candy because of Fentanyl are freaking out about this.
Someone I know posted a warning on Facebook because the gummy bears they got from the store had a non-bear shaped gummy. Honestly people are so fucking stupid.
People aren't gonna give your kids free drugs, people who have them paid good money and want to keep them for their own consumption.
This will never be a scare story on local news, they'll never hear about it
It’s my favorite treat 😭
Is milk chocolate similarly toxic?
some of my favorite chocolate, but i veer away from dark so i'm in the clear.
And the solution? "Make smarter choices, consumers!"
My suggested smarter choices is to form a liberation army.
Hahahahaha fuck :doomjak:
Edit: Since it's leeching in from soil/dust, I wonder how much of this is from industrial pollution? My money's on lots.
They also found Cadmium in the dark chocolate, which makes me think you're right about the industrial pollution.
Yep I have come to accept my body being a storage facility for microplastics and such. But I also don't want to let companies off the hook if they're just getting away with dumping toxic chemicals.
:grillman:: "Why don't you trust the private sector? They would never hurt us! Don't be so cynical!"
:porky-happy:: "Lol oopsies, did I poison my products again?! Tee-hee! Thank God I never have to take responsibility for anything!"
:grillman:: "Ummm...uhhhh, just go live in the woods and make all your own stuff, bro. No one owes you anything, stop being such a busybody!"
:porky-happy:: "Lol, because no one dares to tell me no, anyone who tries will inevitably eat toxic fish and still have to worry about contaminated water/air! What are you gonna do? Regulate me? You don't have the guts!"
It can be found in many other foods—such as sweet potatoes, spinach, and carrots
:porky-happy: We'll put lead in all the healthy foods so that they will be forced to eat whatever slop we make for them!
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(which of course also has lead)https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2016/04/25/health/arsenic-rice-cereal-baby/index.html
But moving your family to white rice might not be enough protection. In a prior study, Karagas and her associates found that brown rice syrup, a frequent sweetener in organic foods, was also a source of significant levels of arsenic. One "organic" milk formula marketed to toddlers had levels of inorganic arsenic that were six times the levels currently considered safe by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
:yea:
:frothingfash:: "It's da jooz! It's da jooz!"
:frothingfash:: "Wait, 'real' whites are trying to poison us!? uhhh....mind your own business! Start your own food company if you don't like it, and let poor porky live, dammit!"
I don't get what everyone is complaining about.
Clearly they're trying to reduce the amount of sugar being used, and are using lead as a natural sweetener.
We should be commending this ingenuity.
But what is the source? Is it in the raw plant product? Is it from the machinery?
the plant picks up cadmium from the soil in the growing process. lead blows onto the drying beans (air/soil contamination)
Contaminated soil and dust. Some just cause the plants are grown in contaminated soil, and some cause they are processed on contaminated dirt and near contaminated dust.
Also fun fact tiny bush planes use aviation fuel which is the only fuel in the U.S that still had lead in it
Yep seems like it. Thank goodness it's not in jet fuel or else all literally everyone would have a higher degree of lead poisoning than they do already
People already avoiding chocolate because most of it is produced with child slaves stay winning.
