Category: toxic metals

Beware of Toxic Chocolate: Heavy Metals Found in Major Brand Names | Facts Matter

According to a new study Consumer Reports study, many of the chocolate brands that Americans buy from the supermarket contain high levels of toxic metals—including things like cadmium and lead. These researchers were looking into some of the most popular brands, the ones that are very likely in your cupboard right now: things like Hershey’s,…


EU Lowers Limits for Toxic Metals in Baby Food, Vegetables

BRUSSELS—Baby food, vegetables, fruit, cereals, meat, fish, and other foodstuffs will have to meet stricter limits of cadmium and lead content before they can be sold in the European Union, according to new rules that will be applicable from the end of August. Cadmium and lead are toxic metals present in many foodstuffs, but below…