The ZRecs article has a good point concerning lead coming from many sources, not just juice. However, I disagree with this comment implying that there IS some safe level of lead: “While the ELF assures us that “scientists agree” that there is “no safe level of lead,” the FDA, the rest of the world’s regulatory bodies, and the WHO take a more practical approach.” The CDC says this, in regards to lead : “no safe blood level has been identified”. http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/lead/tips/water.htm.

So maybe I’ll chill out a little but my kids still aren’t having juice – they don’t need the sugar anyway. In the meantime, I’ve got a garden in the background and I’ve been thinking about having the soil tested for lead – no sense in growing organic lead filled veggies!

If it helps, I thought Z Recommends had an interesting take on it (http://www.zrecommends.com/detail/the-juice-box-lead-scare-parents-as-pawns-again/) and this is a really good point: “But the organization has provided no evidence that these lead levels in any particular brand are stable over any period of time – they tested 398 samples of 146 different branded products, but what would they find if they did the same testing six months from now? Ingredient suppliers can change rapidly in the food business. In some it is a true commodities market, with the mix of suppliers changing on a daily basis. What basis do you have for believing that a brand that had no sample hit the 0.5 microgram threshold in these tests would meet that standard two months from now?”

Good luck deciding what to do!