By Vonnai Phair
From The Seattle Times
Feb. 10—Dark chocolate has a reputation as a relatively healthy treat, but research showing some popular bars might have potentially unsafe levels of heavy metals has many questioning how safe these treats really are.
Consumer Reports tested 28 popular dark chocolate bars from Seattle’s Theo Chocolate to Trader Joe’s, Hershey’s to Ghirardelli, and even smaller brands such as Alter Eco and Mast.
The study found cadmium and lead in every single bar.
Consumer Reports last month called on chocolate makers, including Theo, to reduce levels of heavy metals in their bars by Feb. 14. The letters were sent alongside a petition with nearly 55,000 signatures….