Consumer Reports Finds More Lead and Cadmium in Chocolate, Urges Change at Hershey

Consumer Reports Finds More Lead and Cadmium in Chocolate, Urges Change at Hershey
Hershey's chocolates for sale on a store shelf in the Manhattan borough of New York on July 19, 2017. Carlo Allegri/Reuters
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NEW YORK—Consumer Reports said on Wednesday it had found “concerning” levels of lead and cadmium in a third of various chocolate products it tested recently, and called on Hershey to reduce the amounts of heavy metals in its chocolate.

The non-profit consumer group said 16 of the 48 products from various makers that its scientists tested contained potentially harmful levels of lead, cadmium or both.