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by morsch 965 days ago
A public lab in Germany found 0.13-1.22 mg/kg lead in turmeric in 2020. The legal limit for vegetables is 0.1 mg/kg, 3 mg/kg for nutritional supplements; there is (or was, in 2020) no legal limit for spices. At 1 tsp/day, they don't expect any immediate health impact from turmeric alone, but you should be exposed to as little lead as possible.

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