bad news bears a ton of spices are full of lead (consumer reports has some info but it’s partially paywalled) so is that 1984 Garfield mug and most fiber sources and anything brightly colored from before 1978 (4 yrs after women were allowed to get credit cards in their name) and many water bottles with a vacuum sealed interior due to leaded solder or some shit
Wow. So basically don't eat oregano or thyme, unless you grow it yourself.
if the source is from the plants uptaking heavy metals in soil and from pesticide pollution, shouldn't this be an issue for virtually any type of food, rather than just spices?
I assumed the contamination took place during processing, not growing. I could be wrong.
I suspect it is select plants grown in lead-contaminated soil (not sure why entire ranges are contaminated, maybe most major growing regions are contaminated for certain plants?). Idk how they’d work lead into the chopping/drying process (but I do believe they could if it saved $0.0043/kilogram)
My guess is leftover fallout from leaded gasoline
Could be that the places spices are grown have more contamination than other foods
Guessing it's the same way some veggies are rich in calcium or whatever, they are more prone to uptake certain elements.
Ginger seems to uptake lead, too.
FINE I WILL FINALLY START MY GARDEN
That's what I thought and so last weekend I bought a bunch of grow bags because I rent and so investing in raised beds didn't make sense. Then I learned that my new grow bags are made of polypropylene and will likely be contaminating the food I grow with micro plastics.
But even if I found a good alternative (I've tried without much luck), I learned that the water, air, and soil available to me is already very likely contaminated with all sorts of pollutants considering I live near an airport.
Long story short, we're fucked.
Forgot about oregano! That shits LOADEDDDD