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minus-squareBlueMagaChud [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·7 months agolots of products that are sold by weight have been found to have lead added to them to cheat the scales including food such as cinnamon recalled last month
minus-squareDamarcusArt@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·7 months agoThat’s…monstrous. That’s so evil, it would be considered “unrealistic” in a movie with a cartoonishly evil capitalist as the villain.
minus-squarefox [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 months agoLead can’t possibly be cheaper than iron or sawdust or something
minus-squareTreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·7 months agoLead is one of the cheapest metals by density.
minus-squareFumpyAer [any, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoAlso one of the heaviest by volume.
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-27 months agoA quick google suggests lead is about 1/3 the price of iron ore. Nickel is around the same as lead, but it’s only about 3/4 as dense.
minus-squareTankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-27 months agoIt’s also added for sweetness and coloring sometimes.
minus-squareTeekeeus [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months agoFord pinto cost benefit analysis moment
lots of products that are sold by weight have been found to have lead added to them to cheat the scales including food such as cinnamon recalled last month
That’s…monstrous. That’s so evil, it would be considered “unrealistic” in a movie with a cartoonishly evil capitalist as the villain.
Lead can’t possibly be cheaper than iron or sawdust or something
Lead is one of the cheapest metals by density.
Also one of the heaviest by volume.
A quick google suggests lead is about 1/3 the price of iron ore. Nickel is around the same as lead, but it’s only about 3/4 as dense.
It’s also added for sweetness and coloring sometimes.
Ford pinto cost benefit analysis moment