Hershey is Poisoning Us - They Must Be Held Responsible
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This exposes one of the reasons why people make fun of us. No, Nestle's is not intentionally "poisoning" its customers. The lead and cadmium is found in the soils WHERE CACAO IS GROWN, and concentrated by the tree in its fruit. Should Nestle's make a better effort in informing customers of the inherent risks? Perhaps. But that is much, much different than intentional harm.
Cacao only grows in certain places around the world. It is possible to try to source non-contaminated cacao, but those sources are not high producers. In the interest of homogeneity, cocoa manufacturers usually mix sources so that their product tastes consistently, meaning, cacao purchased from contaminated countries gets mixed in.
This is true with most “MuH hEaVy MetAlS” posts. It’s a natural process how the plant extracts from the soil. Unless growers are intentionally, or even ignorantly, increasing the metals in the soils, then I would consider it natural and an overreaction to highlight and complain about it incessantly.
I am not well versed on the subject and just thinking logically about it. Perhaps regenerative farming solves or helps this phenomenon. I don’t know. If so, then let’s educate and spread the knowledge. Either way the paranoia is getting ridiculous. Not all metals in your diet are poisonous, or even a bad thing. Iron, as an example. Maybe not considered a “heavy” metal but serves the purpose of an example.
You are right, a lot of people overreact through ignorance of how plants even grow. Also those who scream in Amazon reviews of "OMG this clings to the scoop and container it's got metal contamination!" Hey dipshit, any fine powder acts like that when exposed to electrostatically charged plastic in low humidity, use a metal teaspoon or drop a magnet in there and see just how "magnetic" it really is. It's amazing how many so-called anons don't even remember grade school science. Most of those heavy metals are not even magnetic to begin with.