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[–] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 126 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (25 children)

they used to put brick dust in chocolate bars, and sawdust in bread

edit: heck, they just caught someone recently intentionally putting lead in ~~applesauce~~ cinnamon that was used in applesauce, which has been used off and on as a sweetener since at least ancient rome, where a bunch of people went crazy and died from consuming a sweetener made by boiling grapes in lead pots

[–] frank@sopuli.xyz 19 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's also HEAVY, so something light sold by weight just needs a liiiiittle lead to be a lot cheaper to make

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 24 points 3 months ago

This is what caused that pet food scare back in the 00's. Some Chinese manufacturer realized that they were being paid by weight, not volume, so they added heavy metals to their cat food and it poisoned a few cats here in the US.

China executed that guy btw.

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