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The FDA is warning parents to test their children after lead is found in WanaBana fruit puree pouches | CNN (www.cnn.com)
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[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How does lead end up in apple sauce?

[–] deo 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My money is on the cinnamon powder. Lead is kinda sweet, pretty common and quite heavy (and thus pretty cheaper per unit weight), and can make colorful pigments... if it wasn't for the toxicity, it could have made quite the versatile food additive. It wouldn't be the first time high levels of lead were found in dried spices/herbs; in fact, it's unsettlingly common.

[–] walden@sub.wetshaving.social 1 points 1 year ago

Oh this makes sense, especially since it's only the Cinnamon flavor.