Published: October 21, 2024
Monday
We shared these graphics on social media this past week. Check back here for more comparisons soon!
Note: In most cases each of the treats shown is bad. It shouldn’t be asserted that one is “better” than the other because it has a different toxicant profile. Understanding the cumulative impact of these poisons in our bodies (even with very low levels of exposure) is a key factor in evaluating the risk of consuming these “treats.”
#KnowBetterDoBetter.
Please feel free to share these graphics on your social media channels and help spread the word! Thank you.
Lab reports for each of the products shown below can be found linked here.
Here’s a link to a safer choice to give away to your Halloween trick-or-treaters (based on the laboratory testing of foods Lead Safe Mama, LLC has completed so far) — although you may find this product for less at Costco: https://amzn.to/3WQEekA
Amazon links are affiliate links. If you purchase something after clicking on a Lead Safe Mama Amazon affiliate link, we may receive a percentage of what you spend at no extra cost to you.
For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website:
Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005).
- Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama, LLC — a unique community collaborative woman-owned small business for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety.
- Since July of 2022, the work of Lead Safe Mama, LLC has been responsible for six product recalls (FDA and CPSC).
- All test results reported on this website are science-based, accurate, and replicable.
- Please check out our press page to see some of the amazing coverage of our work so far this year!
Gonna pick my M and M’s!!!
Eek.
These summary/comparison pages that aggregate all the findings for foods in one category are awesome!
So much easier than having to click through to different pages for each item.
By the time I get to the 3rd item, I’ve forgotten the toxicant levels for the first two.
Thanks for putting together the findings on one page!
You are very welcome. There’s also this page:
https://tamararubin.com/2024/09/food-toxicity-comparison-charts-chocolate-snack-chips-supplements-flours-etc/
Have you found any chocolate that does not test positive for lead, cadmium or arsenic? Thank you for all you do!
No. Not yet.