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Jan. 30th, 2009 07:55 amWhen the peanut story first broke, I mentioned to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
violetisblue that at least it wasn't corn contaminated, as corn is the basic unit of American foodstuffs. Good news everyone: Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury!
Not all HFCS, but only half - apparently one of the ingredients to make HFCS is made with a process that can lead to some of the mercury in the machine can leak into to the HFCS ingredient. And the best part is that since HCFS is in everything, you have no idea if what you're eating has mercury in it or not! *facepalm* *facepalm* *facepalm*
violetisblue that at least it wasn't corn contaminated, as corn is the basic unit of American foodstuffs. Good news everyone: Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury! Not all HFCS, but only half - apparently one of the ingredients to make HFCS is made with a process that can lead to some of the mercury in the machine can leak into to the HFCS ingredient. And the best part is that since HCFS is in everything, you have no idea if what you're eating has mercury in it or not! *facepalm* *facepalm* *facepalm*
