Name of article a quarter of a lb.
examined.

Salmon none.
Lobsters none.
Oysters 0.004
Sardines none.
Lobster paste none.
Salmon paste none.
Bloater paste 0.002
Potted beef none.
Potted tongue none.
Potted "Strasbourg" none.
Potted ham 0.002
Luncheon tongue 0.003
Apricots 0.007
Pears 0.003
Tomatoes 0.007
Peaches 0.004

These proportions of metal are, I say, undeserving of serious notice. I
question whether they represent more than the amounts of tin we
periodically wear off tin saucepans in preparing food--a month ago I
found a trace of tin in water which had been boiled in a tin kettle--or
the silver we wear off our forks and spoons. There can be little doubt
that we annually pass through our systems a sensible amount of such
metals, metallic compounds, and other substances that do not come under
the denomination of food; but there is no evidence that they ever did or
are ever likely to do harm or occasion us the slightest inconvenience.
Harm is far more likely to come to us from noxious gases in the air we