Hacker News with Generative AI: Heavy Metals

Toothpaste widely contaminated with lead and other metals, US research finds (theguardian.com)
Toothpaste can be widely contaminated with lead and other dangerous heavy metals, new research shows.

Health, Science, Consumer Safety, Heavy Metals, Research

105 points by c420 9 days ago | 106 comments

Parents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food (theconversation.com)
Parents across the U.S. should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year.

Food Safety, Regulations, Parental Health, Heavy Metals

14 points by pseudolus 69 days ago | 5 comments

How do scientists get lead into the LHC (symmetrymagazine.org)
Every fall, the Large Hadron Collider accelerates and collides isotopically pure lead: that is, lead in which every atom has the same number of neutrons. But how do scientists get lead, a heavy metal, into the world’s most powerful particle accelerator?

Physics, Science, Heavy Metals

36 points by sohkamyung 82 days ago | 1 comments

Lead and cadmium found in muscle-building protein powders, report says (wqow.com)
Over-the-counter protein powders may contain disturbing levels of lead and cadmium, with the highest amounts found in plant-based, organic and chocolate-flavored products, according to a new investigation.

Health, Supplements, Food Safety, Heavy Metals, Consumer Products

89 points by mikhael 104 days ago | 92 comments

Lead and cadmium found in muscle-building protein powders (cleanlabelproject.org)

Health, Nutrition, Supplements, Food Safety, Heavy Metals

7 points by so_delphi 104 days ago | 4 comments

Heavy metal analysis of dark chocolate and cocoa products in the USA (frontiersin.org)