I haven't seen this posted anywhere... There are several sources, but I picked this one for a particular reason.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1559062.htmlIn a new study of popular products purchased from grocery stores in Dallas, Texas, researchers found that nearly half of the sampled peanut butter and cold cuts, as well as turkey, fish, beef and other fatty foods, contained traces of a flame retardant commonly used in the foam insulation of building walls.
"This is not good news. Here's yet another toxic chemical that can be found in many of the foods we buy at our supermarkets," said Dr. Arnold Schecter of the University of Texas School of Public Health and an author of the study published on Thursday. "Food does not need to have flame retardants."
Now what really bothers me is this...
If they really think this chemical is dangerous, it sounds extremely unethical to not share where they found it.The study did not specify which particular brands were tested...
Which doesn't mean organics don't contain it... might contain more for all we know... just that they weren't tested.but Schecter noted that all were "conventional" brands and not brands that market themselves as organic.
Once again, that makes it sound extremely unethical for the people conducting the study to not mention where they found them.The chemical industry, however, offers a different interpretation of the new study. "Based on these findings, the real story is that HBCD was not detected in the majority of the samples..."
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