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Clarity comments on Soylent has been found to contain lead (12-25x) and cadmium (≥4x) in greater concentrations than California's 'safe harbor' levels - Less Wrong Discussion

9 Post author: Transfuturist 15 August 2015 10:45PM

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Comment author: Clarity 15 August 2015 11:37:16PM -2 points [-]

Here's hoping that Australian soylent (Aussie soylent I think it was) is alright, as with all the other DIY soylents...

Comment author: V_V 17 August 2015 10:12:42AM *  1 point [-]

If I understand correctly the main source of these heavy metals is the brown rice protein, thus anything containing it may potentially have the same issue as Soylent.

A bit of googling shows up that there have been recent concerns about heavy metals contamination in rice grown in various Asian countries which is then traded worldwide.