The Consumer Reports story has now made it to CNBC:
5 brands—including Trader Joe’s—whose dark chocolate tested high for lead, cadmium
When the story first came out I was alarmed because I regularly consume two or three small squares of the very worst chocolate bar in the original report.
Long story short, I calculate that I have consumed 0.72 micrograms lead per day for some time.
In 2022 the FDA fixed the lead limit for women of childbearing age at 8.8 micrograms per day:
The FDA lowered its IRLs for dietary lead to 2.2 μg/day for children and 8.8 μg/day for females of childbearing age.
Like everything else from California, its "maximum allowable dose level (MADL)" is hysterical.
I may change brands in the future, but I'm in no hurry.
What? Me worry?
