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The dark side of dark chocolate - lead and cadmium contamination

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Don’t assume that organic dark chocolate is safer. In Consumer Reports tests it was just as likely as other products to have concerning levels of heavy metals.

consumerreports.org/health/...

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parkinsonsnewstoday.com/news

trial investigates link between Dark Chocolate and Parkinson's Symptoms

Article appeared in PARKINSON'S NEWS TODAY

AUTHOR Ana de Barros

Interesting information. Thanks for sharing!

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park_bear

See also:

Chocolate exonerated with respect to phenethylamine, but some brands suffer from environmental cadmium or lead contamination

healthunlocked.com/cure-par...

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gwendolinej

oh NO, it can’t be so. I love my 78% coco dark chocolate. I don’t want to know! 😂

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faridaro in reply togwendolinej

You could have written a Dr. Seuss book on this subject :)

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gwendolinej in reply tofaridaro

😅

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Alock2020

Can the heavy metals somehow be extracted from the chocolate?

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faridaro in reply toAlock2020

I wish there was a was to do that, but unfortunately I doubt it's possible.

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LAJ12345

oh no. We have a square most days of Lindt 90%

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