Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.
Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.
7. No duplicate posts.
If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners.
The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
The FDA said Wednesday it is investigating the source of the contamination in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency previously said cinnamon imported from a manufacturer in Ecuador was the “likely source” of the lead contamination.
How does lead get into cinnamon? If it's intentional, it seems like a pretty risky way to cut costs.
Pollution local to the cinnamon farm.
This was my first thought, as well. Pretty much nobody is dumb enough to use lead for any machinery used in food processing, so it's likely contaminated soil where the cinnamon trees are grown.
Which is extra concerning, because these juices aren't likely the only products affected by this. The farm this cinnamon was grown from likely supplies dozens, if not hundreds, of food producers across the planet with their product. Hopefully this can be contained.
I'm almost certain that this is what it is, too.
I haven't eaten any dark chocolate since I found out about how bad the levels of lead and cadmium are. Some dark chocolates are ok, but I don't love it enough to remember which brands they are. I think most of the other types of chocolate were ok (by today's standards) though.
If you're curious: https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-safety/lead-and-cadmium-in-dark-chocolate-a8480295550/
The second link is as recent as October, this year.
I got into a discussion on Lemmy a while back about cadmium and lead in chocolate and someone linked a study stating that some of the lead contamination can come from leaded gasoline fumes during transportation. May be a contributing factor in this case as well.
Probably red lead used to disguise low-quality cinnamon.
That would need to be a lot of lead in the cinnamon with the little bit of cinnamon that is in the fruit juices
What the fuck???
I remember several years ago they found many of these were filled with mold as well...
Thats how you create the next generation of conservatives and libertarians, by design?
Lead poisoning doesn't just make you stupid, it makes you angry stupid. Now, what does that remind me of...?
Seems it's all the cinnamon flavored ones. Thankfully my kid hates cinnamon and we use a different brand of these
It's scary but shit like this can happen. The question is how the producer reacted when they became aware of the issue (probably some broken machinery or something) and if they did their due diligence in terms of QC checks
I shop at Dollar Tree a lot, and I've seen some of these products. This is scary stuff.
this is fucked, I hope someone goes to jail (they probably won't)
just give your children raw fruit wtf
Do you have children?
parents have been raising kids since the dawn of humanity without needing the 'convenience' of processed fruit mush in multi-layer plastic squeeze pouches.
Parents then didn't have to work 3 jobs and find the time
Nah back in the day that kid had his own job in the mines and pulled their weight instead of being a leech on the family.
Not for dinner, no
But for lunch, yes?
More of an amuse bouche
ooh! Watch out! We got a fancy person over here! Eating their kids as an "amuse bouche" instead of spread on toast with butter like us normal folks!
Yeah, the toast is too many calories I'm on a ~~kiddo~~ keto diet.
I)'m on a Reverse Kiddo Keto diet. I can eat everything, except kids. My wife said they are too much of a hassle to produce, so...
Could always become a Mormon!