Kellogg's caught in mercury controversy; New York bans mercury toys in cereals

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Kellogg's caught in mercury controversy; New York bans mercury toys in cereals

JoAnn Guest Mar 28, 2005 13:45 PST

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(Moderator's Note: This is not surprising to me, because as you remember

Kellogg's was the first cereal company to start using gmo's in their

products! One of their plants came close to shutting down in the earlier

days of genetic engineering, if I recall correctly.)

 

In a previous article, I reported how Kellogg's was shipping boxes of

childrens' breakfast cereal with Spiderman toys containing mercury

batteries.

 

I pointed out the insanity of including a highly toxic heavy metal

(mercury) in boxes of cereal, not just for the health danger to

children, but also the impact on the environment. But Kellogg's wouldn't

budge: they wanted to leave the toys in the cereal except where it was

illegal to do so.

 

 

 

Now New York has made it illegal. A new law, signed by Gov. Pataki, goes

into effect January 1, banning mercury from kids' cereal boxes. Of

course, if Kellogg's had any ethics to begin with, the company wouldn't

have introduced the mercury into the product in the first place. There

shouldn't even have to be a law on this: companies like Kellogg's should

know better.

 

Perhaps Kellogg's should change their slogan to, " Kelloggs: we put

mercury in your breakfast cereal because, well, it's still legal! "

 

What happened to business ethics in this country? What happened to

environmental responsibility? Shouldn't a wholesome-sounding company

like Kellogg's act more responsibly here?

 

And when it was discovered that mercury batteries were in these boxes,

shouldn't Kellogg's have agreed to recall the cereal and stop

manufacturing more? But no, they fought it. They insisted they were

right, and they refused to pull the boxes from store shelves.

 

Two thumbs down to Kellogg's. Most of their breakfast cereals are

extremely unhealthy anyway: they're loaded with refined white flour and

high-fructose corn syrup (or other similar sweeteners).

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