No passado Domingo, na habitual conversa por Whatsapp com a minha irmã "inglesa" ela falou-me da não obrigatoriedade de informação sobre os produtos alimentares. Eu, segundo ela, alimentei mais uma teoria da conspiração sobre a UE não obrigar os fabricantes de produtos alimentares não serem obrigados a revelar se proteína de insectos foi adicionada ou não.
Entretanto, descobri este artigo no WSJ, tão previsível, "Is Candy Healthier Than Spinach?"
"'WARNING: The cocoa beans that we use to make our chocolate can expose you to cadmium, which is known to the State of California to cause birth defects or other reproductive harm." I can think of few better encapsulations of the crushing state and municipal regulatory burdens San Francisco businesses face than this preposterous warning. But it's the second half of this placard, which I saw last week at an upscale chocolate maker called Dandelion Chocolate, that gives me hope for the future of a city I love.
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A Proposition 65 warning can be required even if there is no scientific evidence that anyone has been sickened by consuming a given product — chocolate, for instance. While a Consumer Reports study in 2022 found that popular chocolate bars contained more than California's recommended allowable doses of cadmium and lead, no research has linked eating chocolate to a higher risk of birth defects or metal toxicity.
Dandelion Chocolate started its warning by covering its legal bases, as all California businesses must. But then, in smaller print further down, things got cheeky: "Cadmium is a naturally-occurring component in soil, and many plants take it up as they absorb nutrients, which is how it gets into our cocoa beans. According to the CDC, cadmium is commonly found in vegetables, and in relatively high concentrations in leafy greens like spinach. The law won't allow us to say much more about how the tiny trace amounts in our product will affect your health, but if you want to reduce your exposure to cadmium generally, you might consider eating fewer leafy greens.""
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