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Trevor_Blake 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: [deleted] 16 August 2015 12:57:08AM 14 points [-]
Comment author: DanielLC 16 August 2015 03:47:30AM 8 points [-]

TL;DR: Soylent contains safe levels of those heavy metals, but enough that they are required to warn people in the state of California. It's not uncommon for food to have heavy metals at the level.

Comment author: [deleted] 20 August 2015 01:47:11AM 1 point [-]

Here is further information from soylent.com

http://discourse.soylent.com/t/soylent-is-compliant-with-california-proposition-65/23123/9

Claims made in the above link: 1. The lawsuit by 'As You Sow' does not claim soylent is unsafe. 2. The lawsuit by 'As You Sow' claims soylent does not publish Proposition 65 text, which I (Trevor Blake) confirm is false. 3. 'As You Sow' has not released their testing data. 4. Soylent has released their testing data.

Comment author: Transfuturist 16 August 2015 01:37:05AM *  0 points [-]

Thanks. I only saw this press release and I was concerned that there might be danger.