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[quote=Anonymous]This is op. I saw this in the New York Times that has a little more info and mentions a FDA study and links to this database of more chocolate brands tested:
https://www.asyousow.org/environmental-health/toxic-enforcement/toxic-chocolate#chocolate-tables

"Should I Avoid Dark Chocolate"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/well/eat/dark-chocolate-metal-lead.html

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"Melissa Melough, an assistant professor of behavioral health and nutrition at the University of Delaware, said she was curious to see the actual data as soon as she read the headlines: “These types of reports always get sensationalized.” When she took a closer look, though, she agreed that the results were worrisome.

“If you’re a regular consumer of these dark chocolates, I would be concerned,” she said, especially if you’re pregnant or breastfeeding or have a child who enjoys dark chocolate, as the health effects of these metals are most concerning during early brain development."

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"Compared with more than 300 other foods tested by the F.D.A. in a separate study, dark chocolate had the third-highest concentrations of both cadmium and lead, exceeded only by baking powder and cocoa powder for lead, and cocoa powder and sunflower seeds for cadmium."[/quote]

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