%85 of kid's drinks and snacks lead tainted..???!!! - Page 2

HungLikeJesus · 06-12-2010, 07:14 PM

Get the lead out!

Maybe it comes from the machinery.

squirell nutkin · 06-12-2010, 10:47 PM

Yeah! overheating babbitt bearings

Cloud · 06-13-2010, 12:00 AM

[quote=HungLikeJesus;662584
Edit: Also, make sure your juice has at least 70 hp/liter, or else it's crap.[/QUOTE]

they could make a car to run on leaded juice!

Clodfobble · 06-14-2010, 08:53 AM

Got ahold of the actual list of brands that tested positive: http://www.envirolaw.org/documents/P...rLeadFINAL.pdf

Quote:

For the following products, one or more samples exceeded the Prop 65 limit of 0.5 micrograms of
lead per serving:
...
Dole Pear Halves in Juice

Fucking awesome. Minifob's been eating around a can of these a day for probably 2.5 years now.

classicman · 06-14-2010, 09:10 AM

Quote:

one or more samples

One sample? One? couldn't one sample of something contain virtually anything?

Tryin to look on the bright side...

Clodfobble · 06-14-2010, 09:21 AM

These are off-the-shelf products. A sample is a whole can, or a bottle of juice, etc. None of them should contain lead. They would literally be illegal in California. If this shit were from China, we'd be up in arms about it and patting ourselves on the back about how we're so much better than they are. Also, don't forget:

Quote:

0.5 micrograms of lead per serving:

1 can of pears = "about 3.5 servings."
1 bottle of juice = "8 servings"

monster · 06-14-2010, 09:30 AM

I wonder how much lead would be in it if you grew and made your own fruit/juice?

classicman · 06-14-2010, 09:36 AM

I was tryin' Clod.

monster · 06-14-2010, 11:11 AM

very.

Clodfobble · 06-14-2010, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by moster

I wonder how much lead would be in it if you grew and made your own fruit/juice?

According to SN, the fruit itself doesn't take up the lead into the tissues. So as long as you washed it well in filtered water, and used a stainless steel juicer (wouldn't expect to find lead in any consumer retail machinery anyway, but hey, maybe it was made in China,) and drank it out of a glass that hadn't been decorated with lead paint... then there should be none.

squirell nutkin · 06-14-2010, 02:56 PM

Another cheery fact about lead is that lead is banned in the US as an additive to consumer paint.

Think about how many things you come in contact with that are not painted by consumers...

monster · 06-14-2010, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

According to SN, the fruit itself doesn't take up the lead into the tissues. So as long as you washed it well in filtered water, and used a stainless steel juicer (wouldn't expect to find lead in any consumer retail machinery anyway, but hey, maybe it was made in China,) and drank it out of a glass that hadn't been decorated with lead paint... then there should be none.

Why did I become moster?

yes, I read SN, but I wonder because.... seems to me that the theory and the practice of lead-free food production are not necessarily the same thing. Is it actually that "easy", or is there too much lead on and in everything and you'd need to do it in a vaccuum sealed environment with super-duper air filters etc?

Clodfobble · 06-14-2010, 05:53 PM

I dunno. Somehow 15% of the juice/fruit managed to be under the lead requirements. But maybe they were all just a few molecules under the cutoff, instead of actually being lead-free. Maybe it's too late and we're all fucked.

squirell nutkin · 06-14-2010, 11:40 PM

.5 micrograms per serving seems like a shitload of lead. After looking at the article it seems odd that some manufacturers came up with both pass and fail results depending on product. Very odd.

xoxoxoBruce · 06-15-2010, 07:11 AM

Well, I'll just grab a sample with this lead pippet...

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monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	very. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-14-2010, 02:56 PM	#26
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Another cheery fact about lead is that lead is banned in the US as an additive to consumer paint. Think about how many things you come in contact with that are not painted by consumers... __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

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Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I dunno. Somehow 15% of the juice/fruit managed to be under the lead requirements. But maybe they were all just a few molecules under the cutoff, instead of actually being lead-free. Maybe it's too late and we're all fucked. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

06-14-2010, 11:40 PM	#29
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	.5 micrograms per serving seems like a shitload of lead. After looking at the article it seems odd that some manufacturers came up with both pass and fail results depending on product. Very odd. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

06-15-2010, 07:11 AM	#30
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