Editing Lead (section)

==== Lead in foods ====
Lead may be found in food when food is grown in soil that is high in lead, airborne lead contaminates the crops, animals eat lead in their diet, or lead enters the food either from what it was stored or cooked in.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Castellino |first1=Nicolo |last2=Sannolo |first2=Nicola |last3=Castellino |first3=Pietro | name-list-style = vanc |title=Inorganic Lead Exposure and Intoxications|date=1994|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9780873719971|page=86|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=059oObc8X48C&pg=PA86|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105194927/https://books.google.com/books?id=059oObc8X48C&pg=PA86|archive-date=2017-11-05}}</ref> Ingestion of lead paint and batteries is also a route of exposure for livestock, which can subsequently affect humans.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hesami |first1=Reza |last2=Salimi |first2=Azam |last3=Ghaderian |first3=Seyed Majid |date=2018-01-10 |title=Lead, zinc, and cadmium uptake, accumulation, and phytoremediation by plants growing around Tang-e Douzan lead–zinc mine, Iran |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1156-y |journal=Environmental Science and Pollution Research |volume=25 |issue=9 |pages=8701–8714 |doi=10.1007/s11356-017-1156-y |pmid=29322395 |bibcode=2018ESPR...25.8701H |s2cid=3938066 |issn=0944-1344}}</ref> Milk produced by contaminated cattle can be diluted to a lower lead concentration and sold for consumption.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mielke |first1=Howard W. |last2=Reagan |first2=Patrick L. |date=February 1998 |title=Soil Is an Important Pathway of Human Lead Exposure |journal=Environmental Health Perspectives |volume=106 |issue=Suppl 1 |pages=217–229 |doi=10.2307/3433922 |jstor=3433922 |pmid=9539015 |pmc=1533263 |issn=0091-6765 }}</ref>

In Bangladesh, lead compounds have been added to [[turmeric]] to make it more yellow.<ref name=Stan2019>{{cite news |last1=Jordan |first1=Rob |title=Lead found in turmeric |url=https://news.stanford.edu/2019/09/24/lead-found-turmeric/ |access-date=25 September 2019 |work=Stanford News |date=24 September 2019}}</ref> This is believed to have started in the 1980s and continues {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.<ref name=Stan2019/> It is believed to be one of the main sources of high lead levels in the country.<ref>{{cite news |title=Researchers find lead in turmeric |url=https://phys.org/news/2019-09-turmeric.html |date= September 24, 2019  |access-date=25 September 2019 |work=phys.org}}</ref> In Hong Kong the maximum allowed lead level in food is 6&nbsp;parts per million in solids and 1&nbsp;part per million in liquids.<ref>{{cite web |title=Maximum Permitted Concentration of Certain Metals Present in Specified Foods |url=https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/hk/cap132V!en@2019-09-19T00:00:00?INDEX_CS=N&xpid=ID_1438402695833_003 |work= Cap. 132V Food Adulteration (Metallic Contamination) Regulations [Past Version] |publisher=Hong Kong e-Legislation |access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref>

Lead-containing dust can settle on drying cocoa beans when they are set outside near polluting industrial plants.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-01 |title=Dark chocolate is high in cadmium and lead. How much is safe to eat? |url=https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/02/01/dark-chocolate-lead-cadmium |website=Here & Now |publisher=WBUR |first1=Robin |last1=Young |first2=Karyn |last2=Miller-Medzon  |language=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208134257/https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/02/01/dark-chocolate-lead-cadmium |archive-date= Feb 8, 2024 }}</ref> In December 2022, [[Consumer Reports]] tested 28 [[dark chocolate]] brands and found that 23 of them contained potentially harmful levels of lead, [[cadmium]] or both. They have urged the chocolate makers to reduce the level of lead which could be harmful, especially to a developing fetus.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Consumer Reports urges dark chocolate makers to reduce lead, cadmium levels |url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/consumer-reports-urges-dark-chocolate-155747068.html |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Yahoo Life |agency=Reuters |first1=Jonathan |last1=Stempel |date=23 January 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>

In March 2024, the US [[Food and Drug Administration]] recommended a voluntary recall on 6 brands of [[cinnamon]] due to contamination with lead,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-alert-concerning-certain-cinnamon-products-due-presence-elevated-levels-lead|title=FDA Alert Concerning Certain Cinnamon Products Due to Presence of Elevated Levels of Lead|website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |date=6 March 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> after 500 reports of child lead poisoning.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/cinnamon-lead-applesauce-wanabana-fda-344066a22a729d176c0c732180f48247|title=Lead-tainted cinnamon has been recalled. Here's what you should know|last=Aleccia|first=Jonel|date=8 March 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref> The FDA determined that cinnamon was adulterated with [[lead chromate]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fda.gov/food/outbreaks-foodborne-illness/investigation-elevated-lead-chromium-levels-cinnamon-applesauce-pouches-november-2023|title=Investigation of Elevated Lead & Chromium Levels: Cinnamon Applesauce Pouches (November 2023)|website=[[Food and Drug Administration]] |date=16 April 2024|access-date=27 May 2024}}</ref>