W hile food provides essential nutrients, certain items can also contain trace metals—some of which are harmful when consumed in excess. Heavy metals like lead, mercury, cadmium ...

The soil contains high levels of heavy metals absorbed by the cocoa trees. Industrial emissions, vehicle exhaust and other ...

Forty-three percent of the 72 cocoa-containing products had amounts of lead that exceed California’s maximum allowable dose level for the heavy metal, which is 0.5 micrograms per day.

Introduction Illegal mining, especially artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), has proliferated across many developing ...

Toxic heavy metals are found naturally worldwide in soils that produce the cocoa bean tree -- and those metals are showing up in chocolate, a new report warns. Top News U.S. News ...

WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Toxic heavy metals are found naturally worldwide in soils that produce the cocoa bean tree -- and those metals are showing up in chocolate, a new ...

A recent report raised concerns that it contains high levels of the heavy metal. Here’s what that may mean for your health.

This is a bitter pill to swallow. Many cocoa products in the US contain concerning levels of toxic heavy metals, a new study from George Washington University warns. Many cocoa products in the US ...

Soil naturally contains heavy metals. The earth formed as a hot molten mass. As it cooled, heavier elements settled into its center regions, called the mantle and core.

Native Americans face highest risk for heart failure from metals…multiple health dangers tied to wildfire smoke…public trust ...

HEAVY METAL IS making a big comeback—and we’re not talking about Black Sabbath’s reunion concert this summer. Protein supplements and baby formula aren’t the only foods that may contain ...

Nearly 17% of the world’s croplands are contaminated with “heavy metals”, according to a new study in Science.These contaminants – arsenic, cadmium, lead, and others – may be invisible ...