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US Supports Reducing Pollution, But Takes It Slowly

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green

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UNITED NATIONS — The Obama administration called hydrofluorocarbons widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners "a very significant" threa...

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Parents! Mercury Contamination Found in High Fructose Corn Syrup

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Toxic Chemicals, Junk Food, Chlorine, Children, Melamine, Health, Nutrition, Hfcs, Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, Neurotoxin, Fda, Barack Obama, Parents, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

A study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the present.

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Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Turning Us Into Mad Hatters?

Paula Crossfield | Posted 02.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Mercury, Epa, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Refiners, Mercury Poisoning, Fda, Mercury in Food, Hfcs, Health Policy, Food Safety, Jeremy Piven, Hfcs and Mercury, Green News
Paula Crossfield

It turns out that many foods sweetened with high fructose corn syrup contain mercury. Worst of all, the FDA has known about this potential toxin and has continued serving it up since at least 2005.

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