High fructuse corn syrup contains mercury.

[FredGarvin]

There was a military cover up of radiation exposure. I know because I was an unwilling part of it Russ. You have not seen what I have seen.

So an alleged cover up during the cold war = all things are cover ups/conspiracies? Sure. I follow that. I am amazed that you can survive because there is nothing on this planet that would be pure enough for you to ingest.

I also happen to think that there shouldn't be any "Insect Filth" and "Mamalian Excretions" in my food, but there are acceptable levels for everything.

NOTE: You may want to read after eating dinner...
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/dalbook.html#CHPTA

 

[mgb_phys]

So an alleged cover up during the cold war = all things are cover ups/conspiracies?

You just have to get your cover-ups straight.

The FDA wants the government to advise people to eat contaminated food because it's in the pay of big pharma/the oil companies/the international conspiracy of mime-artists, and they want people will think that pollution is OK.

Meanwhile EPA as part of their campaign for complete control of the outdoors (and a budget to match the FDAs) want people to be afraid of all forms of food and have their towns covered by large glass domes.

 

[gravenewworld]

The real question is, does Hg bioaccumulate? A couple of ppms here and there could add up over a long period of time. If Hg is metabolized into some organometallic compound it could be soluble in fats,which then it would most likely stick around for a very long time. I really don't know the ADME properties of mercury. The info is probably out there somewhere.

 

[mgb_phys]

The real question is, does Hg bioaccumulate?

Metalic mercury not very much, it's pretty insoluble.
It was even used as a laxative, if you pour a few pounds of metal down you throat it's coming out of the other end pushing anything else that was in the way! Not exactly healthy but patients didn't die.

If Hg is metabolized into some organometallic compound it could be soluble in fats,

There are a bunch of organomercury compounds that can get into your body and are much more dangerous. I think the danger comes more from continual exposure than bio-acumulation in humans. It does accumulate in fish at the top of the food chain because most mercury gets into the food chain by filter feeders - that's why tuna is the danger, there aren't that many carnivores we eat.

 

[russ_watters]

There was a military cover up of radiation exposure. I know because I was an unwilling part of it Russ. You have not seen what I have seen.

You're arguing that since there once was one conspiracy to cover up a completely different issue that there must be a conspiracy here to cover up that mercury poisoning a significant issue. That's paranoia, edward. Seriously, you should do something about that, it's got to be adversely affecting your life.

Again, do we really want to wait until we see it?? Apparently you do. That is where we differ.

Yes, we do differ on that. I don't want to spend unnecessary money and take unnecessary action to mitigate risks that are not believed to be significant. Doing so gets in the way of living a happy, healthy, and productive life. I'm not going to spend my whole life in a bomb shelter for fear of a thousand things that have no proven risk. That's insane.

Very cautiously. Do you?

I eat fish, but how exactly do you eat fish cautiously? (besides being sure not to eat a bone...)

 

[edward]

Mercury entering the digestive system is disposed of by the body in two ways. Organic methyl mercury is processed by the liver and is excreted in the feces vial the bile.

Metallic mercury is excreted in the urine.

Consume mercury in either form and in just a short two months half will be excreted.

Regardless of the form of mercury, approximately one half of that absorbed from a single dose will be eliminated from the body every 2 months.

Obviously eating too much too frequently is going to result in an accumulation that will be increasing. Do you really want to wait 5 or 10 years to find out how long it will take to become a neuro toxin in adults??

If you do that is fine with me, but we do have an obligation to protect our children born or unborn. I will never sway from that.

What remains in the body primarily effects the central nervous system. Pregnant women and children are exceptionally at risk because the neurological system is developing.

http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/cabs/mercury/index.html

The excreted mercury ends up going back into the streams, rivers and oceans where it is added to the mercury coming in from industrial sources.

Mercury does not simply go away. It is obvious that eventually it will end up being even more concentrated in fish. Adding even more mercury to our bodies via a corn sweetener will only make it worse.

The study on the HFCS was done by a FDA researcher for the FDA, yet the FDA did not release that information even though this was a source of mercury in the food supply that had not been previously considered.

The study was published in a peer reviewed journal. A second study done last year came to the same conclusion. I'll try to find a link to the second study. Below is the link to the recent study.

http://healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=105026

We have had high level political appointees making scientific decisions in recent years.
Call it a conspiracy theory or call it just plain stupid. I really don't care. It happened and that can not be denied.

 

[edward]

You're arguing that since there once was one conspiracy to cover up a completely different issue that there must be a conspiracy here to cover up that mercury poisoning a significant issue.

Read the posts, I never used the word conspiracy until my last post as the term related to how others were using it. On the other hand you used it. I did relate my experience with the military cover up of radiation hazards. Even then I didn't use the word conspiracy that word is your baby and your presumption.

It appears that you are trying to drag this away from the real issue. You jumped on the conspiracy bandwagon, go ahead enjoy.