Arsenic Levels in Halloween Candy

Watch out this Halloween. Dangerous levels of arsenic were

detected in sixty percent of popular children's candy.

The Florida Department of Health tested forty-six popular

candies, and twenty-eight of them contained

dangerous

elevated levels of arsenic. Arsenic is a potent

carcinogen. It is a poison. It's literally called the king of

poisons because it's tasteless and odorless and was used,

um, in the Middle Ages to basically murder

other people.

And so we go through the list here. So here is the

arsenic parts per billion readout for each of these candies.

But on the right is the safe consumption limit.

How many pieces can you eat per year before you reach dangerous levels

of arsenic? Laffy Taffy, four pieces a year before you

breach the arsenic limit. Nerds, you can only have ninety-six

pieces. There are thousands of pieces in

a Nerds box. Sweetarts, forty-eight pieces a year before you

breach the arsenic safety limit. Hershey's, thankfully, Hershey's milk

chocolate was clear. Hershey's cookies and cream, dangerous,

elevated arsenic levels. Jolly Ranchers, one of the worst offenders.

You can only have six pieces of Jolly Ranchers a year before you breach

the arsenic limit. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, thankfully,

that's in the

clear. Whoppers in the clear. Twizzlers are very, very

bad, riddled with arsenic. Kit Kats,

unfortunately, they also violated,

uh, the guidelines here and contained dangerous levels of

arsenic. And then we continue down the list.

Three Musketeers violated. Has arsenic.

M&M's in the clear, thankfully. Snickers

violated. You can only have a bit over two pieces of

Snickers a

year before you breach the arsenic safety limit.

Skittles contaminated with arsenic.

Sour Patch Kids, all flavors were contaminated.

Sweet as Fish. Tootsie Rolls. Tootsie Rolls were some of

the worst offenders. You can only have eight pieces a year for

a

child. Annie's bunnies, organic bunnies.

Thankfully, those are not riddled with arsenic.

Um, so-called smart sweets, uh, fish and

caramel, um, those had arsenic. And then lastly, we get to

all these organic ones, Unreal, Yum Earth.

Uh, thankfully, those brands did not have arsenic.

So watch out. You know, it's not good.

It's not good to eat large amounts of arsenic chronically.

It's literally a very potent poison and

carcinogen.