• frank@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    It’s also HEAVY, so something light sold by weight just needs a liiiiittle lead to be a lot cheaper to make

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      This is what caused that pet food scare back in the 00’s. Some Chinese manufacturer realized that they were being paid by weight, not volume, so they added heavy metals to their cat food and it poisoned a few cats here in the US.

      China executed that guy btw.