Products found to contain excessive metal content included a dark chocolate bar and hot chocolate mix from Walmart and semi-sweet chocolate chips from Target.
M&M’s will dispatch free Halloween emergency ‘Rescue Squad’ to refill your candy bowlWhy women crave chocolate at certain times of month, according to scientistsin a third of various chocolate products it tested recently, and called on Hershey to reduce the amounts of heavy metals in its chocolate.
Products found to contain excessive metal content included a dark chocolate bar and hot chocolate mix from Walmart, cocoa powder from Hershey’s and Droste, semi-sweet chocolate chips from Target, and hot chocolate mixes from Trader Joe’s, Nestle and Starbucks. Consumer Reports has said long-term exposure to the metals can result in nervous system problems, immune system suppression and kidney damage, with greater danger to pregnant women and young children.
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