🍫 New Study Finds Heavy Metals in Dark Chocolate (AARP Article)

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Heavy Metals in Chocolate? What You Need to Know Before Chowing Down.

An occasional sweet is fine, researchers say, but chocoholics may want to cut back.

By Rachel Nania, AARP. Published August 08, 2024.

There’s some sour news surrounding a favorite sweet treat: A study found that many popular chocolate products sold in the U.S. contain heavy metals — and some could have levels that exceed guidelines.

Researchers led by a team at George Washington University analyzed 72 common cocoa products, including dark chocolate, on four separate occasions between 2014 and 2022 for contamination with lead, cadmium and arsenic — three heavy metals that in high amounts have been linked to health conditions including cardiovascular disease, kidney disease and cancer.

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2024/dark-chocolate-heavy-metals-study.html