Comment by tediousdemise

Consumerlab.com is a paid but excellent resource for obtaining information about various foods and supplements that we can find on the shelves.

Just last night I was eating some of my favorite organic roasted seaweed from Costco and spit it out half-way when I read that they are laced with lead, cadmium and arsenic, which was confirmed by independent third party testing [0].

This website has opened my eyes that many foods and supplements we have access to are deceptively unsafe.

[0] https://www.consumerlab.com/reviews/seaweed-snacks-and-foods...

> All of the products contained the heavy metals lead, cadmium, and arsenic at levels often exceeding tolerable upper intake levels. It is no secret that there are heavy metals in seaweed snacks, in fact, many have warning labels indicating that they may pose a risk of reproductive harm or cancer (typically due to lead), as this is a legal requirement for products sold in California under its Prop 65 law. However, labels don't tell you how much lead or other heavy metals are present in a product. We even found that one product without a warning was more contaminated than one with a warning. Our report shows exactly how much iodine and heavy metal contamination we found in each product (see What CL Found).

Individual concentrations can be found in their product table for paying customers. The subscription cost is worth more than its weight in gold.