Toxic Taters Polluting the Air

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

McDonald’s is the world’s biggest purchaser of potatoes,1 buying more than 3.4 billion pounds of U.S.-grown potatoes a year2 and processing them primarily into their well-known french fries and hash browns. Many would assume that it’s in this fried form that they pose the most danger — at least to the health of those who choose to eat them — but the potatoes the fast-food giant relies on are dangerous before they even come out of the ground.

Potatoes are a very chemical-intensive crop, and in areas where they’re grown extensively — like Minnesota, which …read more

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