Florida agriculture officials say they’re finding elevated lead levels in some hemp products on store shelves and have alerted federal agencies.
The federal limit for lead for consumption is 5.5 parts per billion. But the hemp products tested in Florida had levels ranging from 6.5 to 18.5 parts per billion, Bell said.
She said the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration have partnered with the state’s agriculture department as the agency investigates the source of the contamination.
It wasn’t immediately known what the products were and if anyone has gotten sick from consuming them.
Shouldn’t it read parts per million, not per billion?
The acceptable limit for consumer consumption is 0.5 parts per million, according to the state agriculture department rules adopted Jan. 1, Curran said. But state regulators have found hemp products with lead amounts ranging from 6.5 parts per million to 18.5 parts per million in the some products. Source Flapol
Nope! Really is billion with a B… https://news.wfsu.org/state-news/2020-06-16/toxic-waste-levels-of-lead-found-in-hemp-products-on-florida-shelves-states-top-hemp-officials-investigating