{"id":66936,"date":"2024-03-10T06:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66936"},"modified":"2024-03-10T06:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T11:50:52","slug":"your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66936","title":{"rendered":"Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row \">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"cda-article__header\">\n<h3 class=\"cda-headline crux-headline--standard\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/health\/food-safety\/your-herbs-and-spices-might-contain-arsenic-cadmium-and-lead-a6246621494\/\">Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead<\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"cda-headline-subtitle crux-section-header--small\"><strong>CR tested 126 products from McCormick, Trader Joe&#8217;s, Whole Foods, and other popular brands. Almost a third had heavy metal levels high enough to raise health concerns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cda-article__hero cda-article__container--narrow \">\n<div class=\"cda-article__hero-inner-content\">\n<div class=\"image-content\">\n<div class=\"image-wrapper\">\n<figure><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_510,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill,dpr_2.0\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(max-width: 767px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \n(max-width: 767px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_510,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_738,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill,dpr_2.0\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(max-width: 992px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \n(max-width: 992px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_738,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_652,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill,dpr_2.0\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2), \n(min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_652,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"cda-article__hero-image img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/article.images.consumerreports.org\/image\/upload\/w_652,f_auto,q_auto,ar_16:9,c_lfill\/v1635429153\/prod\/content\/dam\/CRO-Images-2021\/Magazine\/12December\/CRM-InlineHero-The-Trouble-with-Spices-1021\" alt=\"spices\" width=\"738\" height=\"415\" \/><\/picture><span class=\"cda-article__hero-credit crux-captions\">Photo: Ben Goldstein<\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share-position-indicator\">Open a drawer or cabinet in any kitchen in the U.S., and you\u2019re likely to find several jars of dried herbs and spices.<\/div>\n<div class=\"row cda-article__col-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"cda-article__col cda-article__col-main\">\n<div class=\"cda-article__main-content\">\n<section id=\"intro\" class=\"cda-article__intro \">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"crux-article\">\n<p>Jessica Clark, a mother of two from Lincoln, Neb., says she uses them so often that she buys in bulk and mixes her own blends. Erica Burger of Carmel, Ind., says she became &#8220;hooked&#8221; on a 21-spice mixture\u2014so much so that she now uses it in all sorts of dishes. &#8220;This is so flavorful, I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/healthy-eating\/seasonings-to-help-lower-your-daily-salt-intake\/\">use less salt<\/a>\u00a0in general,&#8221; she says. And Joey Davis, who grew up in San Diego, &#8220;where Mexican food is on every corner,&#8221; and whose Jamaican wife &#8220;puts habanero in everything, including cucumber salad,&#8221; says that in his home, &#8220;you can\u2019t imagine any dish without spices and herbs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For many of us, herbs and spices play a large role in our cooking and in our family\u2019s lives. A recipe may call for just a pinch or three of cumin, cayenne, and garlic powder, but what would your grandmother\u2019s arroz con pollo be without them? And what about your secret Simon &amp; Garfunkel fish rub\u2014you know, the one with parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div id=\"more-on-food-safety-related-articles\" class=\"rel-article-wrapper clearfix \">\n<div id=\"more-on-food-safety-related-articles-text\" class=\"text-container crux-article\">\n<p>Yes, those seasonings really can add spice to our lives, filling our kitchens with tempting aromas and creating memories of people and places linked to special meals. But along with the flavor and memories, herbs and spices could add something less savory to your diet: potentially dangerous heavy metals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead CR tested 126 products from McCormick, Trader Joe&#8217;s, Whole Foods, and other popular brands. Almost a third had heavy metal levels high enough to raise health concerns. Photo: Ben Goldstein Open a drawer or cabinet in any kitchen in the U.S., and you\u2019re likely to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[25681,23121,34156,34155],"class_list":["post-66936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-consumer-reports","tag-heavy-metals","tag-lisa-l-gill","tag-spices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66937,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66936\/revisions\/66937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}