Devils Panties 12/18/2024
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Here is todays devils panties and wow. Been knocking it out of the park this week to me. Although not really the take here it makes me think about mercury in fish. As a doomer I actually feel that even if global warming was taken away by a genie wish and we 100% did not add carbon going forward we are in real trouble because of pollution. In our planet and in our products. I mean it seems when people talk about the rise of civilization they talk about agriculture growing staple crops, but fishing to me is even larger in importance for civilization. Its been our staple protein for most of history. Then of course we have the use of pesticides causing the increase in arsenic in our staples to. ugh.
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Okay wait. Is there a shit ton of lead in cinnamon and I don’t know about it?
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Came here with the same question.
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Apparently there was a recall on several brands
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There's been a few different recalls. If you're someone who doesn't use a lot, you might have some that's tainted.
Probably best to get unground spices. Your spices will taste better anyhow. Maybe a little less sweet, but... spicier.
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Also, don't buy anything from Temu. Most things from there have lead in them (even clothing), and most products don't meet safety standards. Temu is a death trap.
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
maybe a little less sweet
I see what you did there
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Lead and heavy metals will be added to spices by unscrupulous middlemen to increase apparent yield, and lead in specific is, for some reason, used in some older industrial spice grinders and will leave an intolerably high residue.
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So instead of a recall, there should be a class action?
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It's complicated to hold the people responsible responsible, since they're largely outside the US jurisdiction. The US companies that sold the product were, as far as anyone knows, ignorant of the contamination, buying from people ignorant of it who bought from people ignorant of it.
But yes, there should be, and are, lawsuits about the issue in addition to the recall.
Recalls are about public safety, and lawsuits about assigning blame or correcting wrongs. They're not exclusive or substitutes. -
TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)replied to Cruxifux last edited by
It started with a bunch of kids getting lead poisoning from applesauce pouches. They then traced that back to how most spices are sourced from poor countries using basically slave labor. So, these people are both not the most careful in preventing contamination, but those paid by weight of spices are almost incentivised to cut the spice with a heavy metal or something to get more $/per lbs. for example.
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The US companies that sold the product were, as far as anyone knows, ignorant of the contamination, buying from people ignorant of it who bought from people ignorant of it.
A fair point. But in criminal law when you don't know the guy in the passenger seat is going to jump out and shoot someone you still get life in prison for it. Civil litigation is not even bound by that and I would think a finding that they burned all their internal documentation to avoid discovery that they knew very well there was lead in it would be enough to award damages.
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what? Im sitting next to some guy and he kills someone and you think there is some sort of criminal penalty for me??? Whats the distance limit on that law? one seat over. 10 feet. is it like covid?
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[email protected]replied to [email protected] last edited by
For those who don't, it's because lead tastes sweet. That's why the Romans drank wine out of lead vessels and that's why little kids eat paint chips.
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You'd have to check with your local criminal lawyer or DA who would likely point out such exciting charges as accessory to a crime, accessory to murder, aiding and abetting a crime, criminal conspiracy, and 8 or 12 other extremely similiar charges which would all be dropped simultaneously on you and you'd either have to hope a competent attorney can navigate those charges for you and convince a judge and jury you ain't done nothin', or, as they'd prefer, you plea to something like manslaughter and only spend a few years in prison and a decade on parole, or, just sign the paper that your friend did it and talked about it and only get six months and 8 years on parole (which is $350/mo, usually). Bear in mind you'll be in jail until all that is settled, which hopefully is less than a year but no promises. Unless you have $50,000 on you, cash.
Oh, btw, the justice system is super fucked up.
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whos to say its your friend. im still curious on the distance. murders happen in the world we live in. are we all accessories?
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I'm not sure if there's a feet-and-inches thing, but if you're in the same car that counts.
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what if your tied up in the trunk?
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Captain Aggravatedreplied to TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him) last edited by
At least some pre-ground pepper is cut with wood shavings or other such. buy a mill and peppercorns.
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How the hell do I find cinnamon that didn't have lead in it?
