I ran across this fascinating article in the news. We all know that fast food is harmful to our health, causing all sorts of health issues and responsible for a staggering cost to society in a number of ways. Well, now apparently there is yet another reason to shy away from the fast psuedo-food, but its not the food contents, nor the production. It is the wrapping!
Apparently the chemicals used to make the paper grease proof is in itself hazardous to health and does migrate from the wrapper to the food, into our bodies and is measurable in our bloodstream! Now that's just scary! If enough of the chemicals rub off on the food to be detected in our bloodstream after eating fast food, How much must there be in the paper? That's amazing to me.
By the way.. the same problem exists in paper used in microwave popcorn bags. Makes you wonder just how many food are sitting in our kitchens contaminated by these chemicals.
Here is the full story:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/nov2010/2010-11-08-01.html
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It's scary what is happening to our food sources -from chemicals to congress. The whole thing is a mess, but look at #3 and imagine how it can affect Little Sprouts Farm or my miniscule growing space with produce I may want to share with a friend.
ReplyDeletehhttp://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s510/actions_votes
Senate Bill S 510 Food Safety Modernization Act vote imminent:
http://www.naturalnews.com/030418_Food_Safety_Modernization_Act_seeds.html
3. It would allow the government, under Maritime Law, to define the introduction of any food into commerce (even direct sales between individuals) as smuggling into “the United States.” Since under that law, the US is a corporate entity and not a location, “entry of food into the US” covers food produced anywhere within the land mass of this country and “entering into” it by virtue of being produced.