Don't Be LEAD Astray About Heavy Metals In Stanley Cups and Baby Food

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

This week's episode of Unbiased Science tackles a topic that has garnered a lot of attention due to recent headlines: heavy metals-- more specifically, LEAD! Lead made the news as being detected in baby food pouches and the-very-trendy Stanley cups. So what's real and what's not? Jess interviews Dr. Norb Kaminski, a renowned toxicologist, to dig into the risks. The conversation kicks off with a discussion of heavy metals, what they are, potential sources for human exposure, and signs of lead exposure. Next, Jess and Norb chat about the FDA's investigation into baby food pouches and their recent "Closer to Zero" Plan. Finally, they chat about the lead detected in Stanley cups and whether you need to be concerned or not. You don't want to miss this! All our sources from this episode are available at: https://www.unbiasedscipod.com/episodes/heavy-metals-in-stanley-cups-and-baby-food (00:00) Intros (01:19) What are Heavy Metals? (04:20) FDA's Closer to Zero Plan (05:42) Safe Levels of Lead Exposure (08:45) Concerns about Baby Foods (11:48) Contamination Sources and Diversified Diet (23:36) Stanley Cups and Lead Contamination (29:09) Final Thoughts Interested in advertising with us? Please reach out to advertising@airwavemedia.com, with “Unbiased Science” in the subject line. PLEASE NOTE: The discussion and information provided in this podcast are for general educational, scientific, and informational purposes only and are not intended as, and should not be treated as, medical or other professional advice for any particular individual or individuals. Every person and medical issue is different, and diagnosis and treatment requires consideration of specific facts often unique to the individual. As such, the information contained in this podcast should not be used as a substitute for consultation with and/or treatment by a doctor or other medical professional. If you are experiencing any medical issue or have any medical concern, you should consult with a doctor or other medical professional. Further, due to the inherent limitations of a podcast such as this as well as ongoing scientific developments, we do not guarantee the completeness or accuracy of the information or analysis provided in this podcast, although, of course we always endeavor to provide comprehensive information and analysis. In no event may Unbiased Science or any of the participants in this podcast be held liable to the listener or anyone else for any decision allegedly made or action allegedly taken or not taken allegedly in reliance on the discussion or information in this podcast or for any damages allegedly resulting from such reliance. The information provided herein do not represent the views of our employers.

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:19.7	Welcome to Unbiased Science, where we bring scientific method to the madness.
0:25.5	I'm your host and public health scientist, Dr. Jess Steyer.
0:29.3	And today I'm joined by a special guest, Dr. Norbert, Norb Kaminsky, who holds a PhD in
0:36.6	toxicology and physiology. He's the director of the Institute for
0:41.0	Integrative Toxicology at Michigan State and the interim director of the Center for Research on
0:47.0	Ingredient Safety. And today, Norb is joining us to talk about some of the buzz around heavy metals, in particular
0:56.3	lead.
0:57.3	I'm sure many of you have seen the headlines, concerns specifically about Stanley Cups.
1:03.1	I know many of us have them in our cupboards right now.
1:05.8	And also about the presence of lead in baby foods.
1:09.3	So, Norb, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:12.3	I'm really excited to chat with you about this.
1:15.1	Well, thanks for the invitation, Jess.
1:16.7	It's a pleasure to join you.
1:18.8	So let's kick things off with a conversation around heavy metals.
1:23.7	So can you just walk our audience through, you know, what are heavy metals and maybe just a
1:28.6	little bit of a background on lead specifically? Sure. Well, heavy metals really are comprised of
1:34.5	about 23 different elements, and that's 23 out of about 118. And these tend to be of higher density.
1:46.0	And so, you know, the ones that I think we were probably most concerned about are the
1:51.6	environmental ones, things like lead, mercury, cadmium, chromium, arsenic.
1:58.3	I would say those are probably like the big five that, you know,
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