High Fructose Corn Syrup – Contaminated with Mercury

If we didn’t have enough reason to avoid HFCS – here is another one.

Mercury has found in almost half of all products containing High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Based on findings from the IATP Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy – products used in study pulled from the shelves in late 2008.

In 2009 Americans consumed an average of 35.7 pounds of the sweetener.  That’s almost 3 lbs a month!!!

From the Washington Post:

MONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paula-crossfield/is-high-fructose-corn-syr_b_161331.html