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 and how they are processed.
I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips.
I know that I will never buy them again!!!!
Confirmed by Snopes.com Baby Carrots .... Are baby carrots made from deformed full-sized carrots that have been soaked in chlorine. -- Contaminated Food --
http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp
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