Friday, January 30, 2009

One More Link in the Mercury-High Fructose Corn Syrup Chain: Autism

We really, really have to demand the FDA reforms! Knowingly, for years it's been pushing mercury laden high fructose corn syrup on kids. E.g., HEINZ ketchup--I sadly won't use any ketchup if I'm out...blech, I remember the years as a kid I regarded french fries merely as a vehicle for ketchup.

This is from a different writer on the Huffpo:

Until now, parents of children with autism who have spoken up about their fears that their child's disorder came on the heels of vaccination have been given the status of heretic. But it turns out that the increase in autism we have been witnessing over the last few decades could also be a result of the over-all increase in the body burden caused by mercury in our air and water, and by proxy the fish we eat, our vaccines and dental fillings, and now, in our high fructose corn syrup, a substance marketed and consumed most often by those most at risk: children.


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