DragonTears
09-21-2008, 12:00 PM
I hate chain emails and don't usually read them. I got this one from my Aunt and because I have never received this one before and I eat a lot of those little baby carrots I thought I would give it a read.
During the summer and into fall I am supplied with fresh garden carrots from my Mom. But once they run out, during the winter I usually buy those little baby carrots in the bags. Looks like I am going to have rethink that and find a different vegetable to eat during the winter.
Baby Carrots and Chlorine - REALLY IMPORTANT
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
your pool) since they do not have their skin or natural
protective covering, they give them a higher dose of
chlorine. You will notice th at 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 which are practically
plastic?
We do hope that this information can be passed on to as
many people as possible in the hopes of informing them where
these carrots come from and how they are processed. Chlorine
is a very well known carcinogen.
During the summer and into fall I am supplied with fresh garden carrots from my Mom. But once they run out, during the winter I usually buy those little baby carrots in the bags. Looks like I am going to have rethink that and find a different vegetable to eat during the winter.
Baby Carrots and Chlorine - REALLY IMPORTANT
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
your pool) since they do not have their skin or natural
protective covering, they give them a higher dose of
chlorine. You will notice th at 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 which are practically
plastic?
We do hope that this information can be passed on to as
many people as possible in the hopes of informing them where
these carrots come from and how they are processed. Chlorine
is a very well known carcinogen.