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Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Tea, brewed from tea bag: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tea, brewed from tea bag: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tea, brewed from tea bag: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tea, brewed from tea bag: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tea, from tea bag: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 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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