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 Post subject: Flame Retardant Contaminated Peanut Butter, YUM!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 2:40 pm 
Drinks Wild Tofurkey
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Well, we don't have to worry about the meat issue in this article. But we have to worry about our peanut butter. Don't fork with my peanut butter man!

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In a new study of popular products purchased from grocery stores in Dallas, Texas, researchers found that nearly half of the sampled peanut butter and cold cuts, as well as turkey, fish, beef and other fatty foods, contained traces of a flame retardant commonly used in the foam insulation of building walls.


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 Post subject: Re: Flame Retardant Contaminated Peanut Butter, YUM!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:06 pm 
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well, i don't know about you, but i don't want my belly bursting into flames.


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 Post subject: Re: Flame Retardant Contaminated Peanut Butter, YUM!
PostPosted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 3:28 pm 
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No, I don't either. I do buy organic peanut butter from Whole Foods though. So hopefully mine is ok. But they didn't test any organics so who knows if the chemical is in organic PB as well. This peas me off. Why is the consumer always the last one to find out about the potentially harmful chemicals in their food? And why do the EPA and the chemical companies think that just a little bit won't harm us?

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