Mercury found in HFCS products

[devilhawk]

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy released a report that a bunch of common household products containing high fructose corn syrup also have mercury.

Here is the Washington Post article

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.

Here is the pdf table of their findings

So time to freak out? All the found mercury is parts per trillion. I'm thinking drinking water might even have more than that. Still, HFCS sucks.

[Hitokage]

[GrotesqueBeauty]

Thank God for cane sugar tariffs.

[Everdred]

Nooo! Heinz Ketchup, I'm screwed!

[KR3W]

wow. this is absolutely sickening.

[I Push Fat Kids]

Looks like my grocery list :(

[JoshuaJSlone]

Sounds like a "half glass full" interpretation.

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.

I mean, check it out. The presence of large amounts of high fructose corn syrup gives you better than a 2/3 chance of mercury safety!

[Powdered Toastman]

Well the Romans used lead compounds to sweeten things, so why not...

[Son of Godzilla]

Thank god I drink diet soda!

[Hitman]

SO what the hell does this mean? Is this a health risk or ain't it. What a fuckin bullshit article.

It's like saying C02 found in air. Everyone will get lung cancer!

[Rewrite]

Oh what the fuck. I'm fucked.

[eznark]

SO what the hell does this mean? Is this a health risk or ain't it. What a fuckin bullshit article. It's like saying C02 found in air. Everyone will get lung cancer!

You're dead dude, face it.

[Giganticus]

*initiates a policy which de-facto deregulates the FDA for the last 8 years*

*eats mercury*

[Davidion]

Ha! Only thing on there that affects me is coke, and that doesn't get in me unless there's a nice amount of Brugal mixed in there.

Rum, is there anything it can't do?

[Orin GA]

Ketchup :(

[Median]

Thank god I drink diet soda!

Me too! Aspartame is slowly killing us! FUCK YEAH HIGH FIVE

[devilhawk]

SO what the hell does this mean? Is this a health risk or ain't it. What a fuckin bullshit article. It's like saying C02 found in air. Everyone will get lung cancer!

The EPA says the maximum for drinking water is 2 ppb. That would be like 6 bowls of oatmeal or 30 cokes. Should be okay. I think this is more a complaint on how HFCS is made, by using caustic soda which has traces of mercury. HFCS can easily be made without caustic soda.

[inner-G]

Me too! Aspartame is slowly killing us! FUCK YEAH HIGH FIVE

lol i'm in the same boat

[SnakeXs]

Well thank goodness that stuff is cleared out of the human body mighty fast. I mean imagine if it hung around for a long fucking time. Huge periods of slowly ingesting it and it building up, I mean, just think.

Thank God I just about banned the stuff. So fucking horrible.