FDA's July 2010 testing of juices and fruit-containing products found none exceeded the tolerable intake levels it sets for lead. The accompanying Q&A explains that lead reaches plants through soil and that washing and processing cannot always remove it.
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Exposure on Tap: Drinking Water as an Overlooked Source of Lead
Lead usually enters tap water after it leaves the treatment plant, when chemistry changes destabilize mineral scales and corrode solder, pipes, faucets and fixtures. Providence and Portland both have had recurring lead problems that critics say they downplayed as a route of exposure.
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Toxins in Halloween costumes scarier than ghosts
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics reports that all 10 children's face paints it tested held low levels of lead, and six also carried nickel, chromium or cobalt above industry recommendations, none of them labeled. A second group warns that PVC masks and costumes can leach phthalates.
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