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  2. It is illegal to add lead to food that is sold in the U.S., but it is still found in some foods and spices. Spices imported from outside the U.S. are more likely to have high levels of lead.

  3. High levels of lead found in 12 cinnamon brands. List to avoid.

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    A year after recalled applesauce pouches containing cinnamon left more than 500 kids with lead poisoning, new research is offering further cause for concern regarding the popular spice used in ...

  4. The ground cinnamon powders and spice blends tested by Consumer Reports showed lead levels above 1 part per million (ppm), which is a level used by New York state to indicate products that should ...

  5. High lead levels found in cinnamon and spice blends from 12 ...

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    In addition to the dozen brands with levels above 1 ppm of lead, 18 brands of various cinnamons or spice blends contained levels of lead ranging from 0.87 ppm to 0.23 ppm, according to the report ...

  6. Lead poisoning - Wikipedia

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    Lead may be found in food when food is grown in soil that is high in lead, airborne lead contaminates the crops, animals eat lead in their diet, or lead enters the food either from what it was stored or cooked in. [111] Ingestion of lead paint and batteries is also a route of exposure for livestock, which can subsequently affect humans. [112]

  7. Consumer Reports found unsafe levels of lead in these 12 ...

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    Consumer Reports noted that New York regulates heavy metals in spices and that 1 part per million of lead is the minimum threshold to trigger a recall. Two types of cinnamon powder had nearly ...

  8. Adulterant - Wikipedia

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    In 2019, it was discovered that lead chromate was widely added to turmeric sold in Bangladesh to enhance its yellow color, which was largely responsible for consistently high lead poisoning rates in the country and prompted a government crackdown. By 2021, the practice had been eradicated in the country, and blood lead levels had dropped. [14]

  9. 7 Foods You Didn't Know Have Lead in Them - AOL

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    4. Spices. Spices like turmeric, paprika, and chili powder can contain lead, sometimes at alarming levels. A lot of this contamination comes from poor farming practices, where spices are grown in ...