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Viral Health Rumors—Fact or Fiction?Mercury in candy bars? Radon in granite counter-tops? Here's the news...;
There's Mercury in Candy Bars?Earlier this year, a study in
the journal Environmental
Health suggested that the
ubiquitous sweetener high fructose
corn syrup (HFCS)
contained mercury—at
levels high enough to possibly
create problems for children
and pregnant women.
(Mercury can interfere with
brain development.) The
corn syrup industry's trade
association responded,
saying that the manufacturing
process that introduced
mercury into HFCS is no
longer used. Hold on, said
the Institute for Agriculture
and Trade Policy; the process
is still in use at four plants
around the country. Do
you have a headache yet? Photo: © 2009 Jupiterimages Corporation
From the November 2009 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine
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