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Dr. Ken Springer's avatar

Hi Gloria - your coffee sounds like a delicious and delightful experience! I wouldn't worry about the cinnamon. One point I failed to convey in the newsletter is that even though the amount of lead deemed harmful is less now than it was when California created its MADL, MADLs are so overly cautious to begin with that in the case of lead, exceeding it by a bit still doesn't bring an adult anywhere close to the exposure now associated with harm. Unless you're 3 years old (I gather from your comment you're a bit older than that), 1/4 tsp of a Consumer Reports "Okay" cinnamon should be fine assuming there's nothing unusually lead-y about your eating habits and environment (e.g., living next to a smelter).

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Victualis's avatar

There seems to be a missing decimal point in the weight figure (0005 kg). A teaspoon is approximately 5ml and that's 5g of water, so a quarter teaspoon of cinnamon powder is approximately 0.5 g, or 0.0005 kg (maybe a little less if it's very dry, or more in a humid area).

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