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Still Eating Fast Foods?
This may change your mind...
I could write a whole series of articles on this one, including the cancer-causing chemical, acrylomide, that all french fries and potato chips contain.
For now, just take a look at the following list of 'extra' ingredients you get in a fast food hamburger. In addition to meat from 1,000 different cows, you get a hearty blend of...
| 1,1,1-trichloroethane 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene BHC, alpha chloroform chlorotoluene, o- chlorpyrifos DDE, p,p* DDT, p,p* dichlorobenzene, p- dieldrin dephenyl 2-ethylhexyl phosphate ethyl benzene heptachlor epoxide lindane styrene terachloroethylene |
toluene trichloroehtylenexylene, m- and/or p- xylene, o- xylene* chlorpyrifos-methyl cumene (isopropyl benzene) diazinon dicamba ethyl benzene enthyelenethioursa iprodione malathion pirimiphos-methyl propylbenzene, n- trichloroethylene |
* Ingredients taken from the FDA's official report on pesticide residues on American fast food.
I'm hungry already, aren't you?
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYyDXH1amic
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