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

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354 points perihelions | 3 comments | 11 Jul 25 15:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | source
1. hbarka ◴[11 Jul 25 18:26 UTC] No.44535467[source]▶
Why do food producers need to do these fake coloring schemes? They are poisoning the well. In this day and age these ugly practices of the past are discoverable. I don’t care for ugly colors if the tradeoff is toxicity.
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2. Aloisius ◴[11 Jul 25 19:29 UTC] No.44536017[source]▶
It was explained in the article.
3. dboreham ◴[11 Jul 25 19:31 UTC] No.44536042[source]▶
Because money.