Where’s the FDA? White House garden loaded with lead

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Via Gateway Pundit. AP reports that Michelle Obama’s White House vegetable garden is full of lead.

White House spokeswoman Katie McCormick-Lelyveld said Thursday that tests on the soil in the White House garden detected lead levels of 93 parts per million. Soil is considered unsafe for growing vegetables when it reaches more than 500 parts per million.

First lady Michelle Obama planted the garden on the South Lawn this spring with local schoolchildren. Produce from it is used in the White House kitchens and donated to area groups.

White House chefs also use the herbs on a daily basis.  Yummy!