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Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 94.7 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 140 g (4.9 oz) a day; an adult at about 660 g (23 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):● 71% of a toddler's daily limit15% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 700 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):14% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Lettuce, iceberg, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Spinach, raw: found in 21 of 27, average 6.36, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Lettuce, iceberg, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 34.2, highest 73 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Spinach, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 222, highest 400 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Lettuce, iceberg, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Spinach, raw: found in 3 of 27, average 0.11, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, iceberg, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Spinach, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 5.92, highest 8.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Lettuce, iceberg, raw: found in 14 of 20, average 15.3, highest 265 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20, average 14.7, highest 229 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
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