Posted by Larry Hoover on June 6, 2006, at 7:00:13
In reply to Re: Stevia, posted by honeybee on June 1, 2006, at 13:24:43
> And I've read that it can contain unsafe levels of lead.
Bollocks. Anything *can* contain unsafe levels of lead. There is no reason to believe stevia contains unsafe levels of lead.
I can surmise how such a scare came about, though. Lead is sweet. That's why kids eat paint chips with lead in them. There were some candies, once upon a time, that came from the Orient, once upon a place. The candies may or may not have had stevia in them, but they may have had lead in them. Chinese patent medicines with lead in them are routinely caught upon import to North America.
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia4506.html
> Of course, nothing is totally safe. And that rumor was probably started by Nutrasweet.
Ever since I found out that Monsanto spun off Nutrasweet as a stand-alone corporation, nothing would surprise me.
Nor do I think the FDA is working for "we, the people".
Lar
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