baby carrots

Baby Carrots:

> 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?
> 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 a
>how they are processed.
>I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips. I know that I
>will never buy them again!!!!
>

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• 谢谢分享。家里是很少买这个的。就是不知道孩子学校午餐里有没有。 -闲情- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 11:26:26

• 谢谢这个很重要的信息，又一个被认为是健康食品的东西其实不那么健康 -dudaan- ♂ (0 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 11:39:55

• 胡萝卜还是煮熟了吃比较有营养。从来没有吃过这种小的生的胡萝卜 -woth- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 11:48:08

• 这种小萝卜适合牙好，胃也好的人。当零食磨磨牙还行。 -viewfinder- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 17:48:07

• 游泳池里甚至自来水里氯气浓度不一定比那个低，至少我从来没从胡萝卜里尝到氯气味道 -viewfinder- ♀ (359 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 11:54:19

• 请问：chlorine　有抗氧化功能吗？ -缘苑99- ♂ (33 bytes) () 10/15/2010 postreply 01:55:39

• 没有抗氧化功能，有杀菌功能 -viewfinder- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/15/2010 postreply 06:14:26

• 08年3月开始流传的 A Mixture of True and False Information -TBz- ♂ (129 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 12:15:07

• great to know the infomation from both sides. -闲情- ♀ (0 bytes) () 10/14/2010 postreply 13:18:42

• 回复：baby carrots -panlm_- ♀ (66 bytes) () 10/15/2010 postreply 09:32:00