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  • Title: Survey of lead and cadmium in adult canned foods eaten by young children.
    Author: Capar SG.
    Journal: J Assoc Off Anal Chem; 1990; 73(3):357-64. PubMed ID: 2376536.
    Abstract:
    A U.S. Food and Drug Administration survey of lead and cadmium in 10 adult canned foods commonly eaten by children less than 5 years old was conducted between October 1981 and September 1985. The survey, which included foods preserved by a commercial canning process and packaged in metal containers, found the highest mean levels of lead (0.32 micrograms/g) in tuna and of cadmium (0.02 micrograms/g) in tuna and tomatoes. Lead levels in foods packaged in lead-soldered cans were about 5 times as high as those in foods packaged in nonlead-soldered cans. Mean lead levels appeared to decline over the 4 years of the study. Cadmium levels were usually below the data reporting limit (0.01 micrograms/g).
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