Remember the news about mercury in high fructose corn syrup? Well, recall that it gets into the HFCS because it's used to manufacture caustic soda, which is used to separate the corn starch from the kernal. Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky introduced HR 2065, the Mercury Pollution Reduction Act, a bill to phase out the use of mercury in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda. In other words - a bill that would get the mercury OUT of HFCS.
So far she's got 15 co-sponsors:
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Lynn Woolsey [D-CA]
Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Phil Hare [D-IL]
Rep. Howard Berman [D-CA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA]
Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]
Rep. Diane Watson [D-CA]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]
Rep. James Moran [D-VA]
Rep. Russ Carnahan [D-MO]
Rep. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]
If you don't see your rep's name listed here, give them a call and ask them to co-sponsor it.
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A Bill to Get Mercury Out of HFCS
By Jill Richardson
La Vida Locavore, April 30, 2009
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