[Pen-l] high fructose poison syrup

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Much High Fructose Corn Syrup Contaminated With Mercury, New Study Finds
Brand-Name Food Products Also Discovered to Contain Mercury

Minneapolis – Mercury was found in nearly 50 percent of tested samples
of commercial high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), according to a new
article published today in the scientific journal, Environmental
Health. A separate study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade
Policy (IATP) detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular
brandname food and beverage products where HFCS is the first or second
highest labeled ingredient—including products by Quaker, Hershey's,
Kraft and Smucker's. HFCS use has skyrocketed in recent decades as the
sweetener has replaced sugar in many processed foods.

"Just published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal, Environmental
Health, is the bombshell that commercial HFCS appears to be routinely
contaminated with mercury. It turns out the contamination isn't so
much accidental as newly recognized, given the fact that much HFCS has
been made and continues to be made using 'mercury-grade' caustic
soda."

HFCS is found in sweetened beverages, breads, cereals, breakfast bars,
lunch meats, yogurts, soups and condiments. On average, Americans
consume about 12 teaspoons per day of HFCS. Consumption by teenagers
and other high consumers can be up to 80 percent above average levels.

"While the FDA had evidence that commercial HFCS was contaminated with
mercury four years ago, the agency did not inform consumers, help
change industry practice or conduct additional testing." "Mercury is
toxic in all its forms," said IATP's David Wallinga, M.D., and a
co-author in both studies. "Given how much high fructose corn syrup is
consumed by children, it could be a significant additional source of
mercury never before considered.

(from the US Autism and Asperger Association)

it doesn't say _how much_ mercury is in HFCS, but that metal is deadly.
-- 
Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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