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Nestle, Hershey, Mars, others are named in toxic-metals suit

Carl Desjardins, Domingo, Mayo 19, 2002 - 01:13

The Wall Street Journal

A nonprofit environmental group on Wednesday named several chocolate makers in a lawsuit alleging that their products contain dangerous levels of lead and cadmium.

THE AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL Safety Institute alleges that Hershey Foods Corp., Kraft Foods Inc., and Nestle SA’s Nestle USA Inc. unit are exposing their customers, especially children, to the toxic metals. Also named were Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Inc. and privately held Mars Inc. and See’s Candies Inc.

“Our scientific research clearly shows that chocolate products contain lead and cadmium, heavy metal poisons also known to the state of California’s health experts to be hazardous to human health,

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