September 6, 2026: Exchanges With Community Members — Strawberries
Published: September 6, 2026 — Sunday
Two images (below) – exchange with reader today — including some relevant links.
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Dried Strawberry Snack Article with Lab Report:
https://tamararubin.com/2024/12/natierra-freeze-dried-organic-strawberries/
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Lab Tested Safer Choices List:
https://tamararubin.com/safer-choices/
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Landing Page with More Articles with Safer Choices and Guides:
https://tamararubin.com/food/
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Foods To Avoid:
https://tamararubin.com/2026/05/avoid-these-foods/
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Do you have more info on dangerous levels of cadmium in fresh strawberries? Or is this advice based on the one test of the freeze dried product?
This is based on independent research related to growing practices, as noted.
T
With all due respect I only see one independent lab report related to strawberries on your site… if there are more please link. Seems like an extreme statement to suggest not eating strawberries at all based off that. Where is the actual science behind your recommendation?
I’m sorry – you misunderstood what I said.
I was not referring to testing we have done (although we do have that one supporting example as anecdotal evidence), I was referring to independent research done by others (other countries, other agencies, other research institutions, etc.) about soil contamination caused by phosphate rock fertilizers – contamination which specifically negative impacts ground-contact crops and phytoremediators.
There’s lots of research that can be easily found online with a quick search and we discuss this in several of our articles.
The Irish studies (conducted by the country of Ireland) about potato contamination are particularly interesting.
Please read some of our other related articles about ground-contact crops and contamination levels (we have studies linked in those articles). This (the piece you are commenting on) is just a post from Instagram, our articles are generally fairly comprehensive and often include links to independent research related to a specific concern (check out the articles related to sunflower seed products, potatoes / potato chips, peanuts, etc. – and other ground-contact crop foods).
T