Buryitic acid or something like that

He just wanted to fill his punchcard. 10 arrest and the 11th is free.

Maybe it comes from the lead and cadmium...

Not sure what you're quoting, sounds like The Simpsons, but if most of the population drinks from the cistern every day and we do not notice it causing any trouble, maybe the cistern is mostly fine?

And this is the kind of trouble that we seem to be looking for?

"worry not fellow citizens, I drink from the cistern everyday and look at me! Healthy as an ox."

The Chief Financial Officer is clearly the individual who should be making this call.

That is, however, impossible. Some things contain lead. Including cocoa. Even if you stop eating chocolate, you have other sources of lead.

So the question becomes which of those will you focus on? I suggest those that, when eliminated, would make a substantial difference to your total exposure.

Is chocolate one of those? I doubt it.

Also, "realistic", when applied to amounts of chocolate one eats, is not that relative.

>There is no level of exposure to lead that is known to be without harmful effects.

Do you see how that's a difference sentence from what you said?

Do you see how how every country on earth allows a small but non-zero amount of lead in good because zero is impossible?

"realistic" is a relative term. The CDC says there is no known safe level of lead. That's how we should be operating until it's proven otherwise.

WHO... I linked it in a different subthread here

Do we know the consequences of eating lead in the amounts contained in realistic doses of chocolate? Say you eat 100g of dark chocolate a day, what should you expect?

We also know the consequences of eating lead. What's your point?

Without consequences? We know the consequences of drinking suspicious water (not necessarily disgusting).

But how else will I be able to enjoy my Cadmium Creme Eggs this Easter??? /s

>It builds up in your system because your body can’t eliminate it.

This is simply not true. A quick Google search shows that.

>The threshold that is safe for human consumption when it comes to lead is zero.

Source? And definition of safe?

I'm not saying that the level of Hershey's chocolate is unacceptable, because I don't know, but clearly absolute zero is not possible.

I always loved their cadmiumbury cream eggs.

Thank you for your sacrifice in making this comment

People drank from disgusting water supplies back in the middle ages without consequences all the time. That doesn't mean that there weren't consequences to inadequate water supply maintenance.

Honestly, I prefer Läderach, even though Lindt is just over the hill.

But https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/ (and I don't know how trustworthy a source that is) claims it has some, too.

If they actually mandated zero then there would be no food for sale. Zero is unattainable.

The basic problem is that it's in the environment, the plants pick it up as they grow. Depending on the product it might be possible to remove some of it, it will never be possible to remove all of it.

The solution is clearly to stop eating hersheys. I don’t think Lindt has this issue

I ain't eating this s*** until all metals are gone, and they can prove completely with thorough testing that the machines have been properly cleaned and don't add metals.

TOE-GA! TOE-GA! TOE-GA!

There are ways, dude.