--- On Thu, 6/18/09, cynthia merrick <qumpin@...> wrote:

> From: cynthia merrick <qumpin@...>
> Subject: news on baby carrots
> To: Undisclosed-Recipient@...
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:45 PM
> 

> FYI -
> Health Council members,  I wanted to share
> with you,  I
> received this today. 
> Baby
> Carrots
> The following is
> information from a farmer who grows and packages
>
> carrots for IGA,
> METRO, LOBLAWS, etc
> The small cocktail
> (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic bags are
>
> made using the
> larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put
>
> through a machine
> which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots
>
> - most people
> probably know this already.
> What you may not
> know and should know is the
> following:
> Once the carrots are
> cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are
> dipped in a solution
> of water and chlorine in order to preserve
> them. (this is the same
> chlorine used in your pool).
> Since they do not
> have their skin or natural protective covering,
> they
> give them a
> higher dose of chlorine.
> You will notice that
> once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator
>
> for a few days, a
> white covering will form on the carrots. This is
>
> the chlorine
> which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our
> health
> at risk to
> have esthetically pleasing
> vegetables?
> Chlorine is a very
> well-known carcinogen, which causes Cancer.. I
> thought
> this was
> worth passing on. Pass it on to as many people as
>
> possible in
> hopes of informing them where these carrots come
> from
> and how they
> are processed.
> I
> used to buy those
> baby carrots for vegetable dips.
> I know that I will
> never buy them
> again!!!!
> Confirmed by
> Snopes:
> Snopes.com: Baby Carrots ...... Are baby carrots made
> from deformed full-sized
> carrots that have been soaked in
> chlorine? ...--> Contaminated
> Food --> Carrot and Shtick
> Carrot and Shtick Claim: Baby carrots are made
> from deformed
>
> full-sized carrots that have been... ....carrots that you
> buy in
>
> grocery stores come from deformed crooked big carrots. They
> are
>
> put through a machine to become small cocktail carrots.
> This
>
> part... ...I think after reading this we will
>
> all start making our own carrot sticks out of
> fresh
>
> carrots and keep them in the fridge (a few at a time),
> right?...
>


Blessing
Cyn Ann