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Should I be worried that eating cabbage is exposing me to heavy metals? Edit: sorry that table is only for Nickel, but Brassica shows up against lead too https

• frogulis 2y ago
  And specifically, Brassica oleracea shows up against lead, though no amount is given in that table. The referenced webpage [1] mentions 0.1% to 3% (!) of dry weight, though that's in relation to hyperaccumulators generally. This article [2] gives an indication of what high concentrations may look like in Brassica oleracea, though I still don't have much idea of what those numbers mean to a human being eating the plant. Considerably less than the 10,000+ mg/kg seen in other plants, thankfully. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20110224034628/http://www.civil.northwestern.edu/ehe/html_kag/kimweb/MEOP/INDEX.HTM https://web.archive.org/web/20110224034628/http://www.civil.... [2] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211715623002448 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221171562...
• genewitch 2y ago
  Probably but nearly all food exposes you to toxins. There's nicotine in French fries and ketchup, eggplants and cauliflower, for example. CDC 1993
  • hhh 2y ago
    Fries as a stimulant delivery mechanism? Sign me up.