Submitted by mbrizman on Fri, 06/26/2009 - 04:45
lastic 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.If you are eating carrots, this is an important thing to read!
The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS,etc
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.com http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp
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This is very interesting information. I had been told by a friend who started working for a grocery store--she tested fruits and vegies for cleanliness somehow--to never eat those packaged raw baby carrots. I used to eat them in college and always thought they didn't taste right; I hated it when the nasty white stuff started forming on the outside, they tasted even worse then. I never realized it was the chlorine resurfacing. But yeah, those carrots never tasted right to me, I wish I had never eaten them. Regular carrots taste so much better. I used to eat a ton of" "sugar free" yogurt loaded with aspartame too. That was my lunch in college -- chlorine baby carrots, aspartame yogurt, saltine crackers and duplex cookies. I sure have changed my diet since then, lol!!!
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