Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury
JKap just shouted this to me on digg. I can't believe it hasn't exploded on the net yet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01...
http://digg.com/world_news/Study_Finds_High_Fructose_Corn_Sy...
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.
HFCS has replaced sugar as the sweetener in many beverages and foods such as breads, cereals, breakfast bars, lunch meats, yogurts, soups and condiments. On average, Americans consume about 12 teaspoons per day of HFCS, but teens and other high consumers can take in 80 percent more HFCS than average.
"Mercury is toxic in all its forms. Given how much high-fructose corn syrup is consumed by children, it could be a significant additional source of mercury never before considered. We are calling for immediate changes by industry and the [U.S. Food and Drug Administration] to help stop this avoidable mercury contamination of the food supply," said the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy's Dr. David Wallinga, a co-author of both studies.
In the first study, researchers found detectable levels of mercury in nine of 20 samples of commercial HFCS. The study was published in current issue of Environmental Health.
In the second study, the agriculture group found that nearly one in three of 55 brand-name foods contained mercury. The chemical was most common in HFCS-containing dairy products, dressings and condiments.
The use of mercury-contaminated caustic soda in the production of HFCS is common. The contamination occurs when mercury cells are used to produce caustic soda.
"The bad news is that nobody knows whether or not their soda or snack food contains HFCS made from ingredients like caustic soda contaminated with mercury. The good news is that mercury-free HFCS ingredients exist. Food companies just need a good push to only use those ingredients," Wallinga said.
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Trace amounts of Mercury as
Trace amounts of Mercury as described in the article and found in tuna etc are completely neutralized by Selenium. Such small amounts are nothing to be frightened of.
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what about
someone with high mercury and low selenium levels?
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I have never read...
Mercury on the list of items in products, have you??? Does not sound right, I do know that my O/B said to stay away from items that have mercury during my pregnancy, so why is it that products on the market do not show mercury in them??? Hmmm...something is fishy here, don't you think????
Nice that there is limit on sugar production and imports into
the US and then add the fact that our government offers tax incentives for the food industries to use HFCS as opposed to raw sugar. Nice.
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so is there a list of the
so is there a list of the ones that tested positive????
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Eh... I'm going to die
Eh...
I'm going to die anyway from all the Fluoride that is in my water. What's a little mercury to add to the mix?
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"Our politicians limit the amount of sugar that can be imported from around the world. These quotas make sugar more expensive for all Americans, since they now have fewer choices as a result of diminished competition. These quotas also put a competitive disadvantage to all those businesses that use sugar to produce there own products. That's the reason why American companies use corn syrup instead of regular sugar like the rest of the world. "
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Well, that works out. Mercury is good for us now.
just in time too.
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That's actually a good thing...
No one "in the know" will be drinking or eating this high octane heavy metal fructose goo. As for the rest of the planet, they probably don't care to know and quite frankly, most people that I have tried to enlighten about this diabolical sweetner are of the minset to keep ingesting it! It is a non issue. The more the government hears about this the more they will be inclined to get involved and regulate. Get off this soapbox. We have bigger fish to fry.
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Why is this on Daily Paul?
Just curious, why is an article about mercury levels in corn syrup on the Daily Paul? Is Ron Paul also a health food guru and I didn't know about it? I didn't know Tony Little and Ron Paul had so much in common.
Salmon has "detectable" mercury too. I suppose we need a salmon article up here now, and maybe some nice recipes. Yes, that's the ticket to winning back this country! More recipes.
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it's new info
i find it interesting and glad it was posted here
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take what you need and leave the rest. If it doesn't matter to you it might matter to someone else. I feel the same way about the UFO threads...but I don't believe in censorship.
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this news should go viral
JKap found this first and shouted(on digg) to me too.
This should be front page and not a post how good is the life in Qatar(who has a US military HQ base in the region).
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I just called Coke. The
I just called Coke. The operator played dumb at first, but when I mentioned the post report she said that "Yes, two of our products did test positive for mercury, but the levels aren't a health concern" I said, Well, it's a concern to me! lol
She said they have no plans to stop using HFCS.
How much is a "detectable"
How much is a "detectable" level of mercury? And how much mercury is detectable in other foodstuffs? I'd bet the levels are much higher in fish than in corn syrup.
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This is just like the melamine travesty...
"trace amounts"...but what they always fail to mention is these products are not consumed on a rare occasion. They are consumed on a regular occasion. And if this crap stores in your system, it might accumulate and never get dumped out. I never believe the "trace amount" excuse.
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I was thinking about this
What is the safe level.
I eat fish. Fish have trace mercury amounts. What is the comparison.
I wonder if this is the reason for the contamination
From wiki - Caustic Soda (Sodium hydroxide) commercial production.
"Mercury cell process (also called the Castner-Kellner process) – Sodium ions are reduced to sodium metal, which forms an amalgam with a mercury cathode; this sodium is then reacted with water to produce NaOH. There have been concerns about mercury releases, although modern plants claim to be safe in this regard"
Isn't it nice how the "plants" claim it is safe.
Government poisoning our food again
Deliberately so everyone demands the government to 'regulate' every single aspect of our lives. Just like they are 'regulating' our economy.
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has the cooking corn oil
has the cooking corn oil mercury also?
Probably
Most commercial oil processers use food grade caustic soda in the refinement process...this is the likely source of mercury in the corn syrup in this case, so it can be assumed that oil can be contaminated with mercury as well.
The problem is not with corn syrup in particular...more with the industry standards and regulation of mercury in food grade chemicals.
There is a process to make caustic soda, and thus all of these products without any mercury contamination, and many manufacturers have already switched to this method. It's simply going to be a matter of the industry policing itself and paying better attention to fix it.
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Um
I use olive oil in my cooking. I can stand corn oil.
Unfortunately
Olive oil is refined using the same process as corn oil and corn syrup, which means food grade caustic soda is added.
There's a potential for mercury contamination here too...the real target needs to be food grade standards.
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There is a difference in the way oil is "pressed"
By memory, I can't recall how to tell the good from the bad. Same goes for soy sauce, some are bad, while others are better. I think I remember also reading something on the Mercola sit. I try not to buy the cheapest oil on the shelf. Also you can also grill/charbroil your food too and even steam it with a little water. I've been looking into how oil is made in the first place. Through my garden, it might have to be something else I'll have to learn how to do.
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Even extra virgin olive oil?
Even extra virgin olive oil? Or are you talking about the lower quality olive oils?
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Then what will I cook with. Or dare I say Bake!
Will I be regulated to baking food now. Oh the horror.
This is a real concern
I tried...I tried real hard to dismiss this story as panic...but I would contend that this at least warrants another look.
One thing that might cause one to relax a little...this study tested corn syrup samples from only 3 manufacturers. One of them was pretty well clean of Hg, one had some detectables and a third was off the chart high in Hg.
If all corn syrup in the US was made by manufacturer C, the average person would be consuming about 28ug of mercury per day only from corn syrup. The EPA has the upper limit set around 10ug per day. We would be nowhere close to this number with either company A or B.
What needs to be looked at is if company C in this study (all companies were confidential) is an exception to the rule or if this might be a systemic problem. I'm hoping that company A is more the rule and that company C are just sloppy (or use industrial grade ingredients illegally).
Either way...did you really think high fructose corn syrup was good for you?
If anyone wants, here's the original study
http://www.ehjournal.net/content/pdf/1476-069x-8-2.pdf
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