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Thursday, December 29, 2005

Kids' candy - leaded or unleaded?

News just in from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it will be tightening the amount of lead allowed in children's candy.

[Carmi pauses to shake his head and bemusedly mutter a three-word obscenity starting with "what the..." There, I'm over it. I'll continue.]

I simply want to know who allowed lead in kids' candy in the first place? What other noxious stuff is going into their - and our - food?

Please let me know if I'm the only one who finds this somewhat - OK, extremely - disturbing.
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4 comments:

  1. HRH Courtney, Queen of Everything8:43 AM, December 30, 2005

    Completely disturbing. Maybe that's what's triggering the rise in kids with learning disabilities. Good god, what is this world coming to?

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  2. Sandy12:03 PM, December 30, 2005

    You know, I'm not even going to ask. I'm just going to shake my head and use this as an excuse to resist the sweet tooth.

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  3. Chris12:54 PM, December 30, 2005

    I shared your WTF? reaction. Then I noticed the article says sugar itself contains lead, which caused another WTF? moment. I thought sugar was good old C6-H12-O6 - no room for lead in that formula.

    Are there no safe vices anymore?

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  4. Krista3:57 PM, December 30, 2005

    EXTREMELY disturbing indeed!
    What is this??? Its not GASOLINE for crying out loud! Sometimes the world dumbfounds me.

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