Reducing wet cocoa bean contact with soil and dust can lower lead in chocolate by 10% to more than 25%, according to co-author and toxicologist Michael DiBartolomeis. Sponsor Message Other ways to ...

The results of Consumer Reports' dark chocolate test. (Courtesy of Consumer Reports) “With cadmium, the research has shown that if you have soil where you grow the chocolate plants in that has ...

Chocolate and cocoa are safe to eat ... They can show up in food because they’re in the soil, water or air where foods are grown or processed, the FDA explains. “Any plant that grows in ...

lead can get into the cacao beans dark chocolate is made of because the beans dry in the sun. Meanwhile, cadmium is absorbed from the soil in which cacao trees are grown. Amid a recent lawsuit ...

there’s lead in our soil, dust and air,” Fugere said. “Do I feel good about eating a piece of chocolate that may also contain lead? Each person can make their own decision.” Healthy ...