"Well, you know what they say about it..."

"What? That HFCS is made from corn, has the same calories as sugar and honey, and may be contaminated with mercury?"

Holy $#!*!! The Environmental Health Journal just published a study(1) finding that 9 in 20 samples of high-fructose corn syrup they tested were contaminated with mercury. The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy then did a study on their own and found that 17 out of 55 brand-name products they tested (Coca-cola, Hunts Ketchup, Heinz and Kraft BBQ sauces, Quaker Oatmeal-to-Go, etc) contained measureable levels of mercury (2).

So if you needed another reason to stay away from this poison, now you have one.

(1) http://www.ehjournal.net/content/8/1/2
(2) http://www.healthobservatory.org/library.cfm?refid=105026