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Table 1 total mercury (Hg) in high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) samples

From: Mercury from chlor-alkali plants: measured concentrations in food product sugar

Sample Name

Hg content (μg Hg/g HFCS)

 

Sample Name

Hg content (μg Hg/g HFCS)

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 42% (sample 1)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER B

HFCS 42% (sample 1)

< DL (0.005)

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 42% (sample 2)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER B

HFCS 42% (sample 2)

< DL (0.005)

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 42% (sample 3)

0.012

 

MANUFACTURER B

HFCS 42% (sample 3)

0.350

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 42% (sample 4)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER B

HFCS 42% (sample 4)

0.390

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 42% (sample 5)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER B

HFCS 42% (sample 5)

0.065

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 55% (sample 1)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER C

HFCS 55% (sample 1)

0.130

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 55% (sample 2)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER C

HFCS 55% (sample 2)

0.400

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 55% (sample 3)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER C

HFCS 55% (sample 3)

0.570

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 55% (sample 4)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER C

HFCS 55% (sample 4)

0.110

MANUFACTURER A

HFCS 55% (sample 5)

< DL (0.005)

 

MANUFACTURER C

HFCS 55% (sample 5)

0.240

  1. DL – Detection Limit