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Tag: toxic lead

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Be careful of which candies you eat, too many have lead as toxic as sweet

by inaki October 26, 2012November 5, 2012

Due to a large number of internationally made and American-sold candies testing positive for the hazardous metal lead, the above rhyme may very well be the warning parents and children alike recite this Halloween. Halloween is the national holiday with the highest consumption of sweets and greatest sales for candy producers and stores. Since 2004, […]

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