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RISKY BUSINESS

Food is essential for life—but eating it carries
certain risks. Some foods, especially those that
are processed, contain added ingredients
or unwanted pollutants that may affect your
health. Food may even be contaminated
or made with ingredients that you would rather
not know about… To find out more, check out
the Grim Foods supermarket. You’ll be
surprised what’s in our food!

ALWAYS WASH
FOOD BEFORE

99¢ EATING!

melamine in milk
You would expect baby’s milk powder PESTICIDES
to be safe. But, in China in 2008, some At least five pieces of fruit and
powders were tainted with melamine— vegetables a day are recommended
a poisonous substance that makes as part of a healthy diet. However,
the product appear to contain more those “healthy” components of
protein than it actually does. Melamine the diet may also carry traces
poisons children, causing kidney of poisonous pesticides that were
problems and sometimes death. sprayed on them while they
were growing to kill pests.

78¢ large amounts. attacks and strokes if eaten in can increase the risk of heart shelf life. Unfortunately, they give the products a longer because they add bulk and microwave meals. This is including cookies, bread, and many processed foods, used in the manufacture of Man-made trans fats are TRANS fats

TUNA It’s also good for the brain and heart. But tuna may
Whether canned or fresh, tuna is a popular food.
contain traces of toxic heavy metals, such as mercury,
that pollute the oceans and that can cause health
problems. That’s why it’s recommended that we eat
tuna no more than twice a week.

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