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

Tuesday, July 13, 2004 by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com (See all articles...) Tags: mercury, Kellogg's, breakfast cereals

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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).