I'm hoping someone knows an easy way to determine if something is tainted and needs to be pitched out.

we were doing qualitative rapid lead testing with test strips and soaking the item in some acetic acid (vinegar). There are "home" test kits out there in the big box stores (supposedly) for testing paint for lead so I expect for a "what the heck" test, the indicator swabs from those kits could be used to check a solution made of the cinnamon dissolved in some vinegar.

that an evaluation of Dollar Stores showed they had the most lead in their products. Things like toys, painted items, etc...were chock full of lead.
I can only imagine some of the ubiquitous foods would have lead.

For the rich to fuck over and hurt the poor.

Make dollar tree get the lead out or lose thier corporate charter,they'd listen real quick then.

nothing has happened.
They must salivate at the thought of brain damage on a portion of the population.
And the Dollar Tree and similar are the only places for some people to shop now that they have created those areas with no other choices.

Heavy mining tends to increase lead levels in soil.
But, the last time cinnamon was under scrutiny, it came from Ecuador, which is pretty small player in world cinnamon supply.

Spices like cinnamon are sold by weight to wholesalers. Somewhere along the line, lead is being added to increase the weight of the shipments. It's not just cinnamon. Apparently turmeric and other spices are affected as well.

I buy my spices from Penzeys, or, if I need something quickly, I buy the more expensive supermarket labels. The cheaper stuff isn't safe.

Somebody needs to be prosecuted for that.
The old "thumb on the scale" trick, but deadly.

I guess it's surprising that this hasn't happened before. Prosecution is going to be difficult, as apparently the contamination is happening overseas.

from, told me never to buy pre-ground spices from there, only whole spices, and to grind them myself. A friend who was a glass design artist (glass sculptures) warned me about lead in certain kinds of glass (crystal) , and to beware of certain pigments on ceramics of dubious origin.

Waterford. 24% lead. Good for flowers and wrapped candies. Never had the stemware which could really transfer lead from wine especially.

who bought it from an importer. That company got it from India, Viet Nam, Thai, and probably many other countries. There is no reason to believe the cinnamon you got was not from one of those sources and one or many may have contained excess lead.

It may have also been clean.

I buy mine from a wholesale. I am not sure mine is safe.

Bill's sources?

either. I am not saying Bill's or the stuff I buy is better or worse.

The question is whether Bill or my supplier test what they sell for lead, arsenic, mercury or whatever. I doubt they do.

Maybe that trust is misplaced, but those retailers say that they choose their sources carefully.

But the lead shows up in the ground product it is a manufacturing issue. Factories producing ground products for food use need better cleanliness than most.
It boils down to cheap consumers and profit hungry businesses.

Capitalism at its best, err......worst.

Adding inedible dangerous stuff like lead is despicable.

Makes the product weigh more and fetch a higher price.

Regulatory agencies are anti freedom, according to qwackanon/tRumpsters.

Plus, having lots of brain damaging lead in foods works in favor of GOP votes.

Love it on rice pudding.