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How much did CR spend to buy these spices? A few hundred dollars? A thousand at most? I don't know how much the tests themselves cost to run, but I can find
by Eelongate 5y ago
How much did CR spend to buy these spices? A few hundred dollars? A thousand at most? I don't know how much the tests themselves cost to run, but I can find lead test kits on Amazon for under $20. The biggest cost would doubtlessly be manpower so.. put some interns on the job?
But yes, I expect the FDA's lame excuse will be "Gee wiz we wish we could do our jobs but we need another billion dollars for what you're suggesting." Such is the way with the American government.
- dgut 5y agoWith * government.
- djbusby 5y agoProper metals testing costs more than that. It's done for cannabis and many of those labs have their pricing online. Even w/o the "ganja gouge" pricing it is not $20 - but it's not $200 either - so, cheap for big companies/government
- fer 5y agoAmazon test kits have nowhere the sensitivity to reach meaningful detection. In my country the legal limit for water is 10µg/L, and these tests start detecting at 10-20 mg/L.