3 ms·
Many spices apparently have high levels of heavy metals, I don't know that it's specific to India. There was a study, I think maybe on HN, where they analyzed a
by version_five 4y ago
Many spices apparently have high levels of heavy metals, I don't know that it's specific to India. There was a study, I think maybe on HN, where they analyzed a bunch of grocery store spice brands and found heavy metals in many.
I know it's not helpful but i get the impression it's not something easy to analyze at home.
With all this stuff (mercury in salmon, toxins in liver, radioactive potassium in bananas), my take is that too much of anything is probably bad an everything is probably fine as part of a varied diet
- valarauko 4y agoAt least with spices you also need very little, so exposure to heavy metal contaminants through that route would be relatively lower.
- stevenwoo 4y agoConsumer Reports did a widely reported survey last year but it was almost random which spice would be contaminated - one source of herb x would be fine but from a different source it was contaminated. https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead/ https://www.consumerreports.org/food-safety/your-herbs-and-s... Spices that are colored (i.e. turmeric) are particularly vulnerable. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b00744 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.9b00744