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TIL Spices like turmeric, paprika and ginger are often cut with fillers, from less expensive spices to flours, corn starch and even sawdust. Toxic or potentially carcinogenic dyes are added to hide aging of a product or the presence of fillers, as in metanil yellow color and lead chromate

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