bad news bears a ton of spices are full of lead (consumer reports has some info but it’s partially paywalled) so is that 1984 Garfield mug and most fiber sources and anything brightly colored from before 1978 (4 yrs after women were allowed to get credit cards in their name) and many water bottles with a vacuum sealed interior due to leaded solder or some shit
May I offer you some punctuation in this trying time?
no thx
Jesus Christ.
Wow. So basically don’t eat oregano or thyme, unless you grow it yourself.
if the source is from the plants uptaking heavy metals in soil and from pesticide pollution, shouldn’t this be an issue for virtually any type of food, rather than just spices?
I assumed the contamination took place during processing, not growing. I could be wrong.
I suspect it is select plants grown in lead-contaminated soil (not sure why entire ranges are contaminated, maybe most major growing regions are contaminated for certain plants?). Idk how they’d work lead into the chopping/drying process (but I do believe they could if it saved $0.0043/kilogram)
My guess is leftover fallout from leaded gasoline
Could be that the places spices are grown have more contamination than other foods
Guessing it’s the same way some veggies are rich in calcium or whatever, they are more prone to uptake certain elements.
Ginger seems to uptake lead, too.
FINE I WILL FINALLY START MY GARDEN
That’s what I thought and so last weekend I bought a bunch of grow bags because I rent and so investing in raised beds didn’t make sense. Then I learned that my new grow bags are made of polypropylene and will likely be contaminating the food I grow with micro plastics.
But even if I found a good alternative (I’ve tried without much luck), I learned that the water, air, and soil available to me is already very likely contaminated with all sorts of pollutants considering I live near an airport.
Long story short, we’re fucked.
Forgot about oregano! That shits LOADEDDDD
I just started skipping the middleman entirely and now sprinkle lead chips directly onto my food. Saves tons of time and gives it that sweet sweet lead flavor. Mmmmmmm
Really puts me in touch with my roman era ancestors. 😊
I found an article that has some test results at the end.
That’s the one! The paywalled portion is they mention they tested more things than shown - I assume
Aw. I just have the older McDonald’s Garfield cups with all the lead paint instead of the plutonium I guess.
I think it was lead and cadmium with the Shrek drinking glasses from the 2000s, both chemicals are commonly used to paint glass mugs. This is not exclusively a McDonald’s issue, but also applies to other painted glasses (Holiday souvenirs, Sports club Merch, other drinking glasses and mugs made in china).
You might be able to buy a set of paper test strips for less than $10, but more accurate results from a lab are more expensive.
I was just replying tongue-in-cheek to this, though I really do have the cups.
There’s a legal limit of plutonium?
Seeing as it’s manufactured I’d assume the limit was fucking zero.
500000 * 0 = 0
“Whoops! :3”
Fuck! Now how do I get a vacuum sealed drinking flask that does not have lead?
Just don’t drink from the part with lead in it…
Doesn’t it need to be soldered somewhere at the top between the inner and outer walls?
Why would they use lead solder? The walls have lead in between, but it’s all insulated off unless you somehow break through the steel
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literally 1984
