Thursday, January 29, 2009

toxic chemicals found in EVERYTHING

An article just came out today stating that they have detected bit of MERCURY in products that contain High Fructose Corn Syrup. This is just great, because nearly everything we Americans eat contains High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Some of my favorites- Ketchup, salad dressings and gummi bears. Online, this is the list they give of products that contain mercury:
  • Quaker Oatmeal to Go bars
  • Jack Daniel's Barbecue Sauce
  • Hershey's Chocolate Syrup
  • Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce
  • Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars
  • Manwich Gold Sloppy Joe
  • Market Pantry Grape Jelly
  • Smucker's Strawberry Jelly
  • Pop-Tarts Frosted Blueberry
  • Hunt's Tomato Ketchup
  • Wish-Bone Western Sweet & Smooth Dressing
  • Coca-Cola Classic: no mercury found on a second test
  • Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt
  • Minute Maid Berry Punch
  • Yoo-hoo Chocolate Drink
  • Nesquik Chocolate Milk
  • Kemps Fat Free Chocolate Milk
Article - http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20090127/mercury-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup

The other great part about this is- they're not telling people to AVOID these foods. Although, the say this in the article:

"Mercury exposure at high levels can harm the brain, heart, kidneys, lungs, and immune system. A form of mercury called methyl mercury is particularly risky to a baby's developing brain and nervous system, according to background information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)."

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