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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:44 PM Original message |
Some veggie burgers found to contain harmful substance, hexane, used to process soy |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. You can't put organic solvents in organic food? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
37. Ah, chemistry jokes! |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #37 |
50. I want to smoke some dimethyl chicken wire now |
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UndertheOcean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
2. Fuck ! |
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dhill926 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 12:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I second your Fuck......"Fuck" |
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KaryninMiami (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Three fucks for me. Geeeez= talk about depressing and disgusting. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Count me in, too. Corporate losers willl do anything for a buck. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Count me in too. I'm a vegetarian who eats veggie burgers often. |
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RainMickey (150 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I wouldn't give the carcinogenic nature of hexane a 2nd thought. n/t |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. wunnerful....just fkin' wunnerful... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Yeah? The organic stuff tastes better |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Oh? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Some people flat out don't like soybeans |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Thanks for the bean tips. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Seitan is very good |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:01 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Quorn hails from the spice shy side of things... |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 08:40 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. Low fat doesn't mean shit... |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yeah - veggie burgers are bad for you .. Just kill/eat an animal |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. See here for Hexane |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
71. in one area it says that |
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druidity33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. your ground beef t'aint so pure neither... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
9. With or without hexane, Monsanto controls the soy bean crop thanks to folks like |
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4lbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Hexane is also used in making infant formula and baby food! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
72. in little developing bodies |
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Dangerously Amused (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
12. Another vote here for people to see "FOOD, INC." |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
21. Which, BTW, if one has Netflix can watch it streaming at any time. |
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GreenTea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
13. Don't eat ANY Soy products - unless you're sure the products are certified organic-Why? Because |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 05:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Good info, thanks! |
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Dr. Jonas Venture (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. By my calculations, you'd have to |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Welcome to DU Dr. Jonas. I enjoyed your post,. |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
48. IMO, it's a cumulative effect. It's not just the hexane. It's the hexane, the traces of pesticide |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
15. If you're going to buy veggie burgers, why not go the full mile and buy organic. |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
17. Not all hexanes are as dangerous as n-hexane. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. As a meat eater |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. That article worked it "magic" on you |
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tburnsten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 05:14 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. Some of us just like meat |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 06:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I'm not worried about either |
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tomhayes (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The German word is DUMKOFF |
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appal_jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:52 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. *-Not Quite Tom |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. Sometimes he comes across that way |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-14-10 10:59 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. You're a remarkably unpleasant person. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:00 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. There's the DOB card! |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:40 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Sounds like you have good friends. I have met militant, pompous, eaters of many stripes... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 03:39 AM Response to Reply #41 |
42. There's the libertarian bingo card, and the creationist card. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:37 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. You hit it on the head |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:46 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. Then you and your friends |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:25 PM Response to Reply #34 |
52. That Bingo card is awesome - THANKS! |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:06 PM Response to Reply #34 |
74. lol |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. "smug veggie burger eater" |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:43 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I never put it that way |
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DatManFromNawlins (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #40 |
49. No, it clearly isn't. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 08:26 AM Response to Reply #27 |
47. How special you are. |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:17 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. the "smug veggie burger eaters"? |
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SOS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #27 |
70. What fretting? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
39. Not all the labels. See below post. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:53 PM Response to Reply #22 |
61. I'm Not Exactly Amused |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:11 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. How DARE people form turkey into a patty, too! Right? |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 01:21 AM Response to Original message |
38. Totally wrong on the labels. "Organic" doesn't mean shit: 95% Organic and 5% pesiticide |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
51. I don't buy highly processed stuff like this. I'll process my OWN food, thank you. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why eat fake meat at all? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. I'm a vegetarian and I agree |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #53 |
58. Because I like burgers. |
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Love Bug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:04 AM Response to Reply #58 |
62. Those do sound good |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
66. If you like TJ's masala burger... |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:10 PM Response to Reply #53 |
63. If by "fake meat" you mean tofu and seitan, they needn't be heavily processed. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:04 PM Response to Reply #53 |
73. Processed food is processed food. |
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dana_b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-17-10 12:15 PM Response to Reply #53 |
75. we don't dislike the taste of meat |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. Not really the big deal it's being made out to be. |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
55. Hexane and soyburgers: a retraction |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
59. Corn and canola are also listed in the report |
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catgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-15-10 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
60. List of good and bad burgers (from the study) |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #60 |
65. Thumbs-up for Tofurky, Wildwood, and Turtle Island. |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
67. It's PEOPLE! |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
68. Think I saw a gallon of hexane in the garage before. |
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smalll (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-16-10 11:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. Suck on that, you vegetarian hipsters -- |
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