OT: The corn syrup thread again
Scot Murphy
Mercury Found in Commerical Corn Syrup
AOL
(Jan. 26) – Almost half of the corn syrup tested in a new study
contained mercury, according to HealthDay News. And a third of
commercial food products with corn syrup had mercury as well.
The studies focused on high-fructose corn syrup, known as HFCS, which
is often produced using caustic soda that contains mercury, the news
service reported.
One study, published in the Environmental Health journal, found
detectable levels of mercury in nine out of 20 commercial HFCS samples.
The other study found that one of every three brand-name foods, out of
55 tested, included mercury, HeathDay News reported. The most common
foods with mercury were dairy products, dressing and condiments.
"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," said Dr. David Wallinga, of the Institute
for Agriculture and Trade Policy, in HealthDay News. He co-authored
both studies.
According to the Department of Health and Human Services, high levels
of mercury can cause brain and liver damage. Short-term exposure to
high levels of mercury can increase blood pressure and trigger rashes,
eye irritation, nausea, vomiting and other health problems.
"Mercury is toxic in all its forms," Wallinga said, according to
HealthDay News. "Given how much high-fructose corn syrup is consumed
by children, it could be a significant additional source of mercury
never before considered.”
Bill Martin
Bill
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........Voltaire
Robert King
This could be a major deal. Think how many things have that stuff in it.
Robert King
Robert King
http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623456
Robert King
Jeff Wood
> The article has disappeared of the original site they got it from.
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> http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623456
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> Robert King
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make on to the TV news shortly, I'm sure.
Roy Kennedy
the US way to much corn in our diets . ii heard one expert claim that we are
turning into corn ! Here in NY the wizards running this state want to have
a extra tax on soda now because its fattening
Garry Howard
Garry
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> This could be a major deal. Think how many things have that stuff in it.
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> Robert King
> On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Bill Martin wrote:
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> > I expect to see that bandied all over every News network tomorrow.
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> > On Jan 27, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Scot Murphy wrote:
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> >> Mercury Found in Commerical Corn Syrup
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phil wingo
karo was all i ever hrard of back in the day . cpc has a plant in argo,il near chicago (corn products corp.)THAT MFG. KARO
--- On Wed, 1/28/09, Garry Howard <ga...@garryhoward.com> wrote:
Jeff Wood
> yea I bet. There is to much corn in everything thats the cause of obesity in
> the US way to much corn in our diets . ii heard one expert claim that we are
> turning into corn ! Here in NY the wizards running this state want to have
> a extra tax on soda now because its fattening
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"Genes mutating....must....resist....nooo......".....POP!
"Oh my god, he turned into a giant pile of popcorn."
Enter geeky guy/usual fall guy for jokes.
Fall guy grabs handful of popcorn and starts munching...
"Oooo..popcorn. what movie are we watching...."
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I'm more worried each day about the fact that all the food in the
country (or a good percentage of it) is all single source, coming from
one manufacturer/corporation and just labeled differently. Makes
contamination much easier.
Garry Howard
Apparently the FDA has known about this for years.
What makes this news truly shocking is not just that the manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup would put consumers' health at risk, but that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knew about the mercury in the syrup, and has been sitting on this information since 2005.
Here's the connection, according to the IATP press release (pdf): The IATP study comes on the heels of another study, conducted in 2005 but only recently published by the scientific journal, Environmental Health, which revealed that nearly 50 percent of commercial HFCS samples tested positive for the heavy metal. Renee Dufault, who was working for the FDA at the time, was among the 2005 study's authors. In spite of Dufault's involvement in the study, the FDA sat silent on this one for three years, and in fact last August, allowed manufacturers to call the sweetener "natural."
Here's how the mercury gets in there, according to Janet at the Ethicurean:
How did the heavy metal get in there? In making HFCS -- that "natural" sweetener, as the Corn Refiners Associaton likes to call it -- caustic soda is one ingredient used to separate corn starch from the corn kernel. Apparently most caustic soda for years has been produced in industrial chlorine (chlor-alkali) plants, where it can be contaminated with mercury that it passes on to the HFCS, and then to consumers.
And more from the press release:
"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."
> On Behalf Of Jeff Wood
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:05 AM
> Roy Kennedy wrote:
Robert King
Buried in the health section of msnbc. You will notice that the Corn
refiners dispute the findings.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28877253/
Not on CBS news
Not on ABC news. The headline under their health section is about
cello scrotum being a hoax.
Buried in the health section of Fox news.
USAtoday has it somewhere on their news section. Found it by accident.
Do people not now how much this is in the American diet? I can read
all the headlines about a stimulus package for people who foolishly
over extended themselves but something as important as this gets
pushed under the rug.
Robert King
Carl Mueller
Carl
Robert King wrote:
> The article has disappeared of the original site they got it from.
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> http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=623456
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> Robert King
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> On Jan 27, 2009, at 5:08 PM, Robert King wrote:
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>> Good luck!
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>> This could be a major deal. Think how many things have that stuff in
>> it.
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>> Robert King
>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 4:53 PM, Bill Martin wrote:
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>>> I expect to see that bandied all over every News network tomorrow.
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>>> Bill
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>>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 6:32 PM, Scot Murphy wrote:
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>>>> http://news.aol.com/health/article/mercury-found-in-commerical-corn-syrup/319436
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>>>> Mercury Found in Commerical Corn Syrup
>>>> AOL
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Buzz Dean
Garry Howard
No, it’s not high fructose. It’s just regular ole corn syrup.
Garry
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Buzz Dean
tion was MT some mapleine added made a substitute for pancakes--good
on cornbread too
On 1/28/09, Garry Howard <ga...@garryhoward.com> wrote:
> No, it's not high fructose. It's just regular ole corn syrup.
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Robert King
It appears to be swept under the rug.
Robert King
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James A. "Big Jim" Whitten
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