No, your protein powder isn’t poisoning you

Americans’ love affair with protein powders may slowly be poisoning them with the known neurotoxin lead.  That, at least, is the implied conclusion of a viral investigation published last week by Consumer Reports on levels of lead and other heavy metals in popular protein supplements. Many brands, the article reported, “carry troubling levels of toxic heavy metals” including lead: “For more than two-thirds of the products we analyzed, a single serving contained more lead than CR’s food safety experts say is safe to consume in a day — some by more than 10 times.” It is a finding that