FirstCircle@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoLawsuits allege high levels of lead in General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs cerealwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkLawsuits allege high levels of lead in General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs cerealwww.seattletimes.comFirstCircle@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square22fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·4 months agoLead makes things sweeter Also this is the 2nd lead incident ive seen so far this week
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·4 months agoThis week? It’s only Monday…
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·4 months agoCinnamon recalls. Cinnamon recalls everywhere.
minus-squareArachnidMania@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 months agoTo my knowledge, that is only lead acetate. If it was lead acetate that would be a obvious additive, however the article talks about how the metals are accumulated from the cocoa plants themselves through the soil.
minus-squareMyxomatosis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThe Ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine for this reason. Fun fact.
Lead makes things sweeter
Also this is the 2nd lead incident ive seen so far this week
This week? It’s only Monday…
Cinnamon recalls. Cinnamon recalls everywhere.
To my knowledge, that is only lead acetate. If it was lead acetate that would be a obvious additive, however the article talks about how the metals are accumulated from the cocoa plants themselves through the soil.
The Ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine for this reason. Fun fact.