Lead-tainted applesauce pouches also contained another possible toxic substance, FDA says
Recalled cinnamon applesauce pouches that were tied to lead poisoning in hundreds of U.S. children contained an additional contaminant, federal health officials said Friday.
Besides lead, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said investigators detected “a high level” of the chemical element chromium, which can be toxic, in WanaBana apple cinnamon fruit puree and in cinnamon collected from the Ecuador factory where the pouches were manufactured.
The additional details come as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 287 confirmed, probable or suspected lead poisoning cases from 37 states in the outbreak first detected in October. At least one adult has reported high blood lead levels after eating the lead-tainted pouches, but the median age of those sickened is 1, the FDA said.
There is no torture too sadistic that I wouldn’t want to see inflicted on the people that decided to mix lead into a food product just to make a few extra bucks.
From past posts on this apparently it's common for lead contamination in Apple orchards due to pesticides used years ago. If this is the source I don't think it was on purpose.
A quick article I found discussing this topic
Not this one. Reports are it was “economically motivated.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2023-12-18/cinnamon-in-applesauce-that-sickened-kids-may-have-been-deliberately-tainted-with-lead
Well I haven't seen that report... that is really disappointing and I agree with the sentiment of the top reply. Food for kids with over 200x amount of allowed amount is such a terrible thing to do.
Yeah well, how does a couple of hours of being yelled at in a congressional hearing, followed by a $25000 fine for the company sound?
Cause no way in hell you're going to see any more justice than that.
Is there any evidence this is what happened? Why would adding lead and chromium to food make someone money?
Many things are paid by gross weight. Adding heavy metals will increase the weight and this the price they get.
And the article I linked to contains the allegation.
Surely the amount of lead that would make any measurable difference to the price would be super dangerous and acutely toxic. Quickly detectable
And indeed it was acutely toxic.