Here, have a link to this post about mercury in corn syrup from Scott over at the Modern Forager blog.
Here's the actual news article, for those wishing to skip our bloggy musings. :D
As if corn syrup wasn't bad enough already... It's like a horror movie!
*insert your best scream here*
As much as everyone enjoys bashing synthetic honey, actual honey isn't so safe either:
ReplyDeletehttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/397445_honey26.html?source=mypi
Just search your favorite news source for "tainted honey"
Ugh! I really need to try some local stuff. My allergies suck anyway, and it's supposed to help with that. I don't do very well with honey so I rarely have any. Maybe that's why!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I thought you might be interested in this
ReplyDeletearticle on slate.com about HFCS http://www.slate.com/id/2216796/pagenum/all/.