Issues with High Frutose Corn Syrup

Health risks:
It causes obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease.
I'm sure this comes about if a person consumes a huge amount of HFCS everyday.

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury

MONDAY, Jan. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of tested samples of commercial high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) contained mercury, which was also found in nearly a third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the first- or second-highest labeled ingredient, according to two new U.S. studies.
This article is from the washington post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html

Health risks of mercury:

Most at Risk

Infant and Children's Health

Mercury is known to cause irreversible damage to the developing nervous system. Mercury in a pregnant woman's body can be passed to her developing fetus. Fetuses exposed to mercury in utero are susceptible to the health effects from mercury which may lead to difficulties in learning, memory, vision, and hearing. Because of the potential adverse impacts on the developing brain, our greatest concern is exposure to the fetus, infant, or young child during the period of rapid brain growth. Therefore, most at risk are women who are pregnant, may become pregnant, nursing, and young children. Key issues influencing the severity of effect include the amount and form of mercury and the age of development. Mothers who eat fish contaminated with high levels of mercury put their babies at greater risk for damage to their central nervous systems. EPA has recently estimated that as many as 400,000 babies born each year in the U.S. are at risk for neurodevelopment damage due to consumption of mercury contaminated fish.

Adult Health Risk
Other health effects have been seen with higher exposure to mercury not only in children but adults as well. Common effects include various neurological dysfunctions such as tremors, changes in vision, loss of hearing, muscle coordination, loss of sensation, and difficulties with memory. At higher exposures, effects on the kidneys, lungs, and digestive system have been noted. These effects generally are associated with high level occupational or accidental poisonings and not fish consumption. Furthermore, concern over possible adverse cardiovascular effects to the general population related to fish consumption has also been raised by recent health studies. National and international research efforts are currently underway to address this concern .http://www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/mercury/healthrisks.htm

If the government knows that mercury is in high fructose corn syrup then why are they still manufacturing those goods? Why don't they just ban making it if it causes so many health risks and what not over a matter of time. This article teaches people to read the nutritional facts label more carefully and to read the ingredients. I personally try to stay away from products that contains HFCS.