FirstCircle@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoLawsuits allege high levels of lead in General Mills’ Cocoa Puffs cerealwww.seattletimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCaptainSpaceman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoLead makes things sweeter Also this is the 2nd lead incident ive seen so far this week
minus-squareAbidanYre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThis week? It’s only Monday…
minus-squareNegativeInf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 month agoCinnamon recalls. Cinnamon recalls everywhere.
minus-squareMyxomatosis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoThe Ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine for this reason. Fun fact.
minus-squareArachnidMania@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month 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.
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.
The Ancient Romans used to put lead into their wine for this reason. Fun fact.
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.