Buyer Beware: Your Orange Juice May be Very Toxic
Finally, some orange juice that didn’t fall far from the tree. That’s been the marketing slogan which popularized Simply Orange Juice as a preferred, trusted brand for health-conscious shoppers walking down the grocery aisle. But now, Simply Orange and its parent company Coca-Cola are headed to court to face a class-action lawsuit.
The claim alleges the juice is infused with levels of PFAS contaminants hundreds of times above what EPA considers safe for drinking water. How did this “health” product acquire its forever chemicals? Does anyone really know? Learn more in The Guardian.
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"It is unclear how or why PFAS are in Simply Orange as the chemicals could be contaminating the water that is mixed with the juice, the fruit, or packaging."
Equally disturbing is that the FDA is seemingly nowhere to be found with this specific product and not penalizing companies' practices that contaminate food.