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Protein Powders and Shakes Contain High Levels of Lead - Consumer Reports (www.consumerreports.org)

submitted 6 days ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/health@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/53452632

This is a long and very thorough article. If you're using any particular brand of protein supplements, it might be worth searching the text for the name to catch all the relevant discussion (the measurements, whether the company is responding, etc.)

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[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Considering that plant based powders were the highest in Lead, and there was that whole thing with Cacao last year, and before that with Spinach - I wonder if vegetables might have higher sources of heavy metals.

But then, I wonder why that would be, and how effective can washing them well be? I assume the high heavy metal sources also mean the soil is contaminated and therefore things grown in it too are.

[–] classic@fedia.io 5 points 6 days ago

Washing won't help if it's in the plant