Mercury..is not just for Fish and Vaccines anymore.
First it was Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs... now its Corn Syrup.. What Next?
Oh yeah, I'm mad - and you should be too. I read articles today about detectable levels of Mercury being found in many foods also containing High Fructose Corn Syrup. If you've been wondering about those TV commercials lately from the Corn industry about how HFCS is safe and golden.. well, think again.
When looking at products with High Fructose Corn Syrup as the first or second ingredient - one 1 out of 3 of those products had mercury above the detection limit. Out of the 55 "sample" products - 17 came back bad.. That is 1/3 of them! Ridiculous. Outrageous. I am disgusted.
And I am quite certain that this problem is much bigger than the 55 products tested.
Checking out the list you will find many popular family-oriented and kid-friendly products like chocolate milk, juice drinks, condiments like bbq sauce and ketchup, yogurt and pop-tarts.
In a nutshell we are slowly killing and harming our children's brains and bodies through food that we feed them.
Corn Syrup related Mercury laden products included: (Details of levels found on this list)
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
Mercury is a known neurotoxin. It shouldn't be in our foods, in the shots we give babies, in the lightbulbs we use, or in the air we breathe. But, it is. Do not buy products with high fructose corn syrup as a main ingredient. (1st, 2nd in the list) or at all if you are worried about Mercury - which you should be. Be sure to check out the EPA's Database on Mercury-Containing Products and Alternatives
Reference Links:
Studies find mercury in much U.S. corn syrup
http://uk.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUKTRE50Q5IA20090127
Researchers Say 17 Products Tested Had Some Mercury; Industry Group Says Syrup Is Safe
http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20090127/mercury-in-high-fructose-corn-syrup
Not So Sweet: Missing Mercury and High Fructose Corn Syrup
http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=105026
Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html
4 comments:
Great minds think alike! This was my post topic for today! :D
I can't believe parents aren't rising up and demanding that these companies stop poisoning our families.
I'm thankful we don't consume HFCS products anymore, but not all families are off the processed food wagon like we are.
Great post; lots of good links!
Adonya
Adonya Wong
Author | Autism Blogger | Twitterer
I have often thought that consuming over-processed foods was one of the culprits for the increase in autism cases, not just in the foods our kids consume, but in the foods we consumed as kids, and what our parents consumed. All these chemicals and preservatives have been in our collective systems for a couple of generations now. Terrible.
Looks like I am toast - I love Hersheys syrup and Nick uses Smuckers seedless jam - not sure if same thing as their jelly.
Shikie Shikie Shikie! Well I knew HFCS was evil but I didn't realize it was THIS bad! So glad I finally switched (confused) E into the organic ketchup. That was our last HFCS battle.
Those commercials are pure evil...
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