Sources of lead in cocoa and chocolate.(Perspectives: Correspondence) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Manton, William I. | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The article "Lead Contamination in Cocoa and Cocoa Products: Isotopic Evidence of Global Contamination" (Rankin et al. 2005) has attracted international attention (crienglish.com 2005) because of an interview that Rankin granted a reporter from Science News (Raloff 2005). Raloff's report makes it generally known that Rankin et al.'s study was commissioned by the American Environmental Safety Institute (AESI).

I feel that the study by Rankin et al. contains careless and ...