An article was posted at Natural Society on Dec. 17, 2011 which ought to have put everyone on notice about the true state of the food supply. The expose indicated that mercury is showing up in much higher amounts than previously reported. Test results on junk food are especially alarming regarding the concentrations of mercury being found.

High fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is among those ingredients that has demonstrated an unusually high correlation with mercury toxicity. One research study indicated that “half of tested samples of high-fructose corn syrup contained mercury”. The same article went on to report that “Mercury was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products which listed high-fructose corn syrup as the first-or-second-highest labeled ingredient.”   Continue reading →