Last week, the Florida Health Department published a fairly large study. You can see it up on your screen,

in which they found arsenic in 28 out of the 46 brands of candies that they tested. And these are not some

off-label candy brands you've never heard about before. These are actually the very same ones

sold in your local supermarket, and probably they're the very same ones in your cupboard

in your kitchen right now, things like Laffy Taffy, nerds gummy clusters, jolly ranchers, things like that.

And so in today's episode, let's go through the details of this study together, starting with

two pieces of housekeeping.

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And secondly, a quick disclaimer.

I myself was obviously not able to independently verify these test results myself.

And so I'm just reporting to you what the Florida Health Department found in the course

of their research.

And along that line, I will also mention that the National Confectioners Association, which is the

trade group, which actually represents U.S. candy makers, once this study came out, they disputed

the findings, calling them misguided, and then they added the following in their public statement.

Quote, chocolate and candy are safe to eat and can be enjoyed as treats as they had been for

centuries. Florida has chosen sound bites over science, ignoring this science-based program

in favor of publishing unsource materials that amount to little more than a scare tactic.

Now, we'll get back to their statement a bit later, but with that caveat out of the way,

let me give you a bit of background here. In 2025, amidst the federal level, Make America

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