Heavy metals

The latest national French biomonitoring study (ESTEBAN), published by Santé Publique France in 2021 (data from 2014–2016), indicated higher cadmium contamination levels than their previous survey (National Nutrition & Health Study 2006-2007). In addition the...

In new analysis by the Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link, more than 98% of fish and mussels from English rivers and coastal waters were found to be contaminated with mercury above EU safety limits[1].  More than half of their samples contained more than...

Consumer Reports (the US equivalent of Which? in the UK) recently reported on toxic heavy metals in protein powders sold in the USA.[1] A global obsession with protein has made the selling of high protein foods and drinks a multi-billion dollar market, and this has...