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Podcast: ACSH Science Dispatch
Episode: Lunchables and Lead Poisoning—More Nonsense From Consumer Reports
Description: Our children face a wide range of health and safety risks these days: choking, fentanyl poisoning and school shootings, just to name a few.
But put aside such paltry concerns because Consumer Reports (CR) has identified the real threat to your kids: Lunchables. These safe, affordable prepackaged meals may actually expose your children to potentially harmful levels of lead, the activist group claims. As usual, CR is pushing a baseless health scare to raise money.