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"The FDA monitors foods for lead levels, but the U.S. government doesn’t broadly limit lead in food products."
sigh
Why..?
The US government does broadly limit lead in food products， and the FDA has lead regulations.
Lead contamination in food production has been nearly eliminated since they finally realized it was a problem in the '80s.
https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/lead-food-and-foodwares
And this kids, is why we have government regulations - to protect citizens.
Idk, sounds like socialism to me- the oligarchy
Back in my day, we'd eat lead paint chips ̸l̸i̴k̸e̸ ̷t̷h̸e̸y̷ ̵w̶e̷r̵e̶ ̴c̷a̴n̷d̷y̸ a̶̪̤̎ṅ̵̢̈́d̸̫͎̃̒ ̴̛̲͊l̵̛̦͑ỏ̶̩̘ỏ̵̬k̷̘̬͒͘ ̵̣̘̾͋ẖ̵͛́o̵̧̘̅w̶͛ͅ ̵͓̦͘Ḭ̸̫̏ ̸̠̫̒̍t̸̼̮͝u̸̼͚̐͊r̸̥̦̄͒n̴͉̬̊e̷̱̣̅̑d̸̤͒ ̴̮̊̔ó̸̬̿u̴͙̼͘t̵͙̥͌̄
It’s always funny to me when conservatives are like “omg what’s with all the regulations?” as though we just made a bunch of regulations out of thin air… and not to address a problem that was occurring without the regulation.
Nah, let the free market sort it out. Those kids eating that cinnamon should have done a molecular study of the spice to determine its exact contents before consuming it, so it's their own fault.
Where does the AP pull this bullshit from? Of course the US government has enforceable regulations in place on this issue:
https://www.fda.gov/food/environmental-contaminants-food/lead-food-and-foodwares
I imagine lead tainted food is covered by half a dozen other laws.
Because we're barely a functioning country connected to a massive military industrial complex at this point.
There is an FDA acceptable level of rat shit in food.
And it's not fucking zero percent.
I mean, you can't get the levels to zero. Food is grown outside where animals poop, and then the ingredients are stored in warehouses and silos that can't be made entirely impermeable.
No one sets the limit at zero because it's almost impossible to achieve. What everyone does is look at how much is safe and then set a limit well below that.
If you've eaten food from a garden you've eaten food that's about as dirty as anything else the FDA allows.
Right? I don't get why we insist on running away from the world. Can learn how to limit bad things but they will happen and you will eat some fesces. Rules are good, but thinking perfection is achievable isn't.
Source?
https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/04/health/insect-rodent-filth-in-food-wellness/index.html
Pretty sure it’s coming from the rats
Reality mostly