So the article contains the data for the detected concentration. And it's basically a nothingburger.
For example, the samples contained 37 to 80 micrograms per liter of cadmium. The safety limit for _drinking_ _water_ is 5 micrograms. So diluting the retardant with 10 times the water makes it safe enough to drink.
Lead content in the samples was wildly different, from 7 micrograms to 800, indicating that the sampling procedure itself was unreliable.
Similar story for chromium, 100 micrograms is the safe level, and 200-300 micrograms were in the tested samples.
In fact, only arsenic is concerning, with roughly 10-60 times the allowed concentration for the drinking water.
For example, the samples contained 37 to 80 micrograms per liter of cadmium. The safety limit for _drinking_ _water_ is 5 micrograms. So diluting the retardant with 10 times the water makes it safe enough to drink.
Lead content in the samples was wildly different, from 7 micrograms to 800, indicating that the sampling procedure itself was unreliable.
Similar story for chromium, 100 micrograms is the safe level, and 200-300 micrograms were in the tested samples.
In fact, only arsenic is concerning, with roughly 10-60 times the allowed concentration for the drinking water.