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ProfessorGAC

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5. Stuff Has Cassava Tapioca In It

Reply to SamuelTheThird (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 06:41 PM

Oct 2025

Cassava is a root vegetable from South America much of it from the Andes regions.
Those regions have substantial deposits of lead, and Cassava is a root vegetable. Seems like the perfect way to get lead in the food supply.

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