Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: Measured concentrations in food product sugar

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Dufault, Renee ^a   Leblanc, Blaise ^b   Schnoll, Roseanne ^c   Cornett, Charles ^d   Schweitzer, Laura ^d   Wallinga, David ^e   Hightower, Jane ^f   Patrick, Lyn ^g   Lukiw, Walter J ^h  

^a United Tribes Technical College   (United States)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

^e Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g Alternative Medicine Review   (United States)

^h LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; CHLORINE; FRUCTOSE; MERCURY; SWEETENING AGENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT; POLLUTION; SUGAR INTAKE; UNITED STATES;

ALKALIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLORINE; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FRUCTOSE; MERCURY; SWEETENING AGENTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 62549118634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-2     Document Type: Note

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