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Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar

Mercury cell chlor-alkali products are used to produce thousands of other products including food ingredients such as citric acid, sodium benzoate, and high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is used in food products to enhance shelf life. A pilot study was conducted to determine if high...

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Autores principales: Dufault, Renee, LeBlanc, Blaise, Schnoll, Roseanne, Cornett, Charles, Schweitzer, Laura, Wallinga, David, Hightower, Jane, Patrick, Lyn, Lukiw, Walter J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19171026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-8-2
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author Dufault, Renee
LeBlanc, Blaise
Schnoll, Roseanne
Cornett, Charles
Schweitzer, Laura
Wallinga, David
Hightower, Jane
Patrick, Lyn
Lukiw, Walter J
author_facet Dufault, Renee
LeBlanc, Blaise
Schnoll, Roseanne
Cornett, Charles
Schweitzer, Laura
Wallinga, David
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description Mercury cell chlor-alkali products are used to produce thousands of other products including food ingredients such as citric acid, sodium benzoate, and high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is used in food products to enhance shelf life. A pilot study was conducted to determine if high fructose corn syrup contains mercury, a toxic metal historically used as an anti-microbial. High fructose corn syrup samples were collected from three different manufacturers and analyzed for total mercury. The samples were found to contain levels of mercury ranging from below a detection limit of 0.005 to 0.570 micrograms mercury per gram of high fructose corn syrup. Average daily consumption of high fructose corn syrup is about 50 grams per person in the United States. With respect to total mercury exposure, it may be necessary to account for this source of mercury in the diet of children and sensitive populations.
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spelling pubmed-26372632009-02-07 Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar Dufault, Renee LeBlanc, Blaise Schnoll, Roseanne Cornett, Charles Schweitzer, Laura Wallinga, David Hightower, Jane Patrick, Lyn Lukiw, Walter J Environ Health Commentary Mercury cell chlor-alkali products are used to produce thousands of other products including food ingredients such as citric acid, sodium benzoate, and high fructose corn syrup. High fructose corn syrup is used in food products to enhance shelf life. A pilot study was conducted to determine if high fructose corn syrup contains mercury, a toxic metal historically used as an anti-microbial. High fructose corn syrup samples were collected from three different manufacturers and analyzed for total mercury. The samples were found to contain levels of mercury ranging from below a detection limit of 0.005 to 0.570 micrograms mercury per gram of high fructose corn syrup. Average daily consumption of high fructose corn syrup is about 50 grams per person in the United States. With respect to total mercury exposure, it may be necessary to account for this source of mercury in the diet of children and sensitive populations. BioMed Central 2009-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC2637263/ /pubmed/19171026 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-8-2 Text en Copyright ©2009 Dufault et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Dufault, Renee
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Cornett, Charles
Schweitzer, Laura
Wallinga, David
Hightower, Jane
Patrick, Lyn
Lukiw, Walter J
Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
title Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
title_full Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
title_fullStr Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
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title_short Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
title_sort mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2637263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19171026
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-069X-8-2
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