Your best defense against lead in your food, according to a toxicologist

When reports come out about high lead contamination in a popular food item, what should we do? Experts explain how lead gets into food and when you should worry about it.

Use protein powder? New report reveals that some have high levels of lead

Consumers might be consuming higher than recommended levels of lead without realizing it, according to findings released by ...

Is your cookware leaching lead? FDA finds more lead-tainted pans. See list.

The FDA has again expanded its warning about cookware that could contaminate food with lead. See the full list of affected ...

New Study Doubles Down on 'Troubling' Presence of Lead in Popular Protein Powders — It's Gotten 'Even Worse'

A new study from Consumer Reports found that a single serving of the majority of protein powder products they tested ...
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Corelle issues serious warning over levels of lead in dinnerware

Corelle recently revealed its vintage dish ware is serving up “high levels of lead” and warning people that some of its popular products should only be used as “decorative pieces.” In 2005, Avi and AJ ...
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More than 200 children found with high lead levels after kindergarten in China uses paint as food coloring, authorities say

Lead poisoning used to be a more widespread issue in China. In 2010, the central government for the first time allocated special funds for heavy metal pollution prevention in response to at least 12 ...
Hartford Courant

CT has as many as 8,000 lead service lines used in public water systems. In a wealthy town too.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky A construction worker surveils the extraction of an old lead line in a New London ...