DANGER: Baby carrots

November 20, 2008

> Baby Carrots you buy in the Supermarkets - Good to Know

>

> 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 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. Please let us make this information

> available to as many people as possible. If you care about your family and

> friends, pass it on.

>

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