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genewitch ◴[11 Jul 25 16:54 UTC] No.44534404[source]▶

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1. pengaru ◴[11 Jul 25 17:22 UTC] No.44534788[source]▶

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> if this was an issue we'd have known about it before now.

High-larious. TFA is dated 2024, and I've been reading reports about this practice far longer than that.

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2. pengaru ◴[11 Jul 25 19:29 UTC] No.44536022[source]▶

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"Lead in Spices, Herbal Remedies, and Ceremonial Powders Sampled from Home Investigations for Children with Elevated Blood Lead Levels — North Carolina, 2011–2018" [2018]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6289082/

"Researchers find lead in turmeric" [2019]

https://phys.org/news/2019-09-turmeric.html

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Lead pigment in turmeric is the culprit in a global poisoning mystery (2024)