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"Corn Syrup's Mercury Surprise" [1]

When FDA researcher Renee Dufault found residual mercury in high fructose corn syrup in 2004, the FDA ordered her to stop investigating. Mercury is used to make lye -- and lye is used to make the corn syrup that constitutes one in every ten calories that Americans eat.

Melinda Wenner reports for Mother Jones in the July/August 2009 issue. [2]

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National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Mother Jones [2], 08/07/2009
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