High Fructuse Corn syrup [HFCS] is being promoted as a safe sweetner.
Here is information to the contrary.IT CONTAINS MERCURY!!!
What do you think ?
Are you going to drink it?
Are you going to eat it?

Research: High Fructose Corn Syrup Contaminated With Toxic Mercury

NaturalNews) New research published in Environmental Health and
conducted in part by a scientist at the Institute for Agriculture and
Trade Policy has revealed that high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is
contaminated with the toxic heavy metal mercury.

That means that many of the products using HFCS may also be
contaminated with mercury. Carbonated sodas are sweetened with HFCS,
as are candy bars, bread, salad dressings, pizza sauce, fruit drinks
and thousands of other grocery items.

Mercury is so highly toxic that it causes severe neurological
disorders. It can also result in the loss of hair, teeth and nails as
well as muscle weakness, loss of kidney function, emotional mood
swings and memory impairment. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercur…)
(P.S. Somebody please update this Wikipedia page with this latest
research about HFCS being a source for mercury exposure, too.)

The highest level of contamination found in the study
(http://www.ehjournal.net/content/8/1/2) was 0.57 micrograms of
mercury per gram of HFCS. The EPA says that an average-sized woman
should consume no more than 5.5 micrograms per day of mercury, meaning
that the average American consumer may be eating five times the upper
safety limit of mercury every day due to high-fructose corn syrup
consumption if they consume the foods tested in the study.

That’s because the average American consumes 12 teaspoons of HFCS
every day! So just by eating the standard American diet of processed
foods, consumers are right now potentially exposing themselves to
exceedingly high levels of mercury that far surpass the safety limits
set by the EPA.

Buy groceries, get free mercury!High-fructose corn syrup is used in
almost everything, it seems. A second study conducted by David
Wallinga, M.D., entitled “Not So Sweet: Missing Mercury and High
Fructose Corn Syrup” (http://healthobservatory.org/librar…) reveals
that nearly one-third of all grocery items sweetened with HFCS were
contaminated with mercury.

Eating some sweetened yogurt? Mercury!

How about some salad dressing with HFCS? Mercury!

Want some ketchup on that burger? Mercury!

In fact, mercury is found in thousands of grocery products sold across
the world right now. And it’s no exaggeration to say that mainstream
consumers of popular food items are likely suffering from widespread
mercury poisoning (especially if you add in the mercury exposure
they’re getting from dental fillings).

Where does all the mercury come from?Most people don’t know how
high-fructose corn syrup is really made. One of those processes is a
bizarre chemical brew involving the creation of caustic soda by
exposing raw materials to pools of electrified mercury in a large vat.
Through this process, the caustic soda gets contaminated with mercury,
and when corn kernels are exposed to this caustic soda to break them
down, that contamination is passed through to the HFCS.

Another toxic chemical, glutaraldehyde, is also used in the production
of HFCS. It’s so toxic that consuming even a small amount of it can
burn a hole in your stomach.

But don’t worry: The Corn Refiners Association insists that HFCS is a
“natural” ingredient, and their Chicago-based PR firm Weber Shandwick
is now also claiming that HFCS has been declared “natural” by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration. It hasn’t really, of course, but that
doesn’t stop the press releases from claiming it has. (If you think a
liquid sugar processed with glutaraldehyde and contaminated with
mercury is “natural,” then you’ve been duped. There’s nothing natural
about a processed food ingredient made with toxic chemicals.)

A Weber Shandwick representative calls me every time I post an article
about HFCS, by the way, usually with demands that I remove the entire
article. I’ve invited the Corn Refiners Association to a phone
interview to defend their position that HFCS doesn’t cause diabetes or
obesity, and to answer questions about whether HFCS is really
“natural.” So far, they have declined to be interviewed. It seems they
don’t want to face real questions from an honest journalist who
refuses to be censored by powerful corporations.

One thing I’ve got to say about the Corn Refiners Association is that
they have a well-funded PR machine running around the internet trying
to make everybody remove stories that say anything negative about
HFCS.

http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2005/06/09/foods_and_products_containing_high_fruct