1-Corn-corn from China.
Some producers add sodium cyclamate to their corn. The purpose of this additive is to preserve the yellow color of the corn for which it is so famous, but also to add sweetness. However, it is important to know that sodium cyclamate is actually toxic, and if consumed in too large quantity, it can damage your liver. This additive is prohibited in the United States, but it remains legal in more than 170 countries around the world.
- 2 - Ginseng- Greenpeace tested ginseng from China and found that every single product had some trace of pesticides or other harmful chemicals in varying amounts. Each root didn’t have just one chemical, either. Every root contained multiple chemicals known to be damaging to the human body. Since it might be difficult to find ginseng not imported from China, you may have to cut it out of your diet entirely to stay safe.
3Table Salt
Chinese salt is commonly filled with metals and other substances that should never enter the human body. Since the large majority of Chinese salt is unsafe for consumption, the Chinese companies are supposed to sell the product as an industrial salt never used for cooking. However, many manufacturers have been passing off this unsafe industrial salt as table salt for years.
4Rice Noodles
Unfortunately, the factories that produce rice noodles have been known to use sulfur dioxide. In theory, the chemical helps the noodles appear “fresh”. In practice, however, sulfur dioxide has been linked with cancer. Stay away from this harmful chemical and try to find a source for your noodles that’s a little closer to home.
5Baby Formula
A few years ago, it was discovered that Chinese manufacturers were putting melamine, a product used in plastics, in baby formula. With the melamine, the baby formula appeared to be higher in protein. Consumed in high doses, however, the melamine can cause serious illness in infants.
6Milk
Imported milk from China contains just as much. If this chemical is consumed, it can cause serious damage to the kidneys.
7Shrimp
A few years ago, the Institute of Environmental and Human Health food lab at Texas Tech University studied different bags of shrimp bought from different stores around the US. At the conclusion of their study, they reported that every sample was contaminated with enrofloxacin, chloramphenicol, and carcinogen nitrofurazone.
Each of these substances is available in antibiotics that are illegal in the US. Due to the conditions in China, the shrimp are exposed to all of them.
8. TILAPIA
If your fish is imported from China, don’t buy it. Before they end up on your dinner plate, the fish have spent their lives soaking up the chemicals around them. They’re perfectly primed to pass those chemicals to you
9Cabbage
During the hot summer months, cabbage becomes wilted and inedible. In order to keep their cabbage looking fresh during the hottest months of the year, farmers will spray the crop with a formalin solution.
While the solution keeps the crops looking fresh, it’s incredibly damaging to the body. The formalin is a solution of formaldehyde, and other chemicals used as disinfectants. If ingested, it can cause serious health issues.
10Canned Peaches
In a study conducted by Australian officials, the researchers discovered that the cans from China were bursting with lead. With twice the amount of legal lead in each can, the harmful substance is bound to infuse into the sugary peaches. The effects of lead poisoning are well-documented, including reduced muscle coordination and damage to your kidneys and nervous system. Avoid lead poisoning by avoiding canned peaches from China.
11Canned Tuna
In addition to the dangers of lead poisoning, canned tuna includes many of the harmful substances found in other fish exported from China. The fish farms are filled with pollution and toxic chemicals, and the fish are largely fed on a diet of animal waste. Each of those substances then finds its way into your can, threatening your health each time you buy a new supply.
12Oil
A while back, a massive food company in China decided to take used oil from restaurants, filter it, repackage it, and sell it as new oil. If you’re buying oil from China, you might be purchasing recycled oil that has been “cleaned,” rather than new oil. Since you don’t know where that oil has been, it’s better to be safe and purchase oil not exported from China.
13Cod
The cod are thrown into small areas teeming with thousands of fish. Not only are these areas cramped and dirty, but they’re also filled with sewage and garbage.
In short, cod are raised in highly toxic conditions. When you eat the fish, you’re allowing some of that toxicity into your body.
14Mushrooms
The mushrooms are often mislabeled in order to drive up the price. Manufacturers will stamp normal mushrooms with an “organic” label, hoping to gain more profit for their work.
Beyond being filled with harmful chemicals, imported mushrooms are also sprayed with preservatives to appear fresher.
15Lamb
If you want to buy lamb, and you see that it comes from China, abstain. In 2013, the police arrested 900 Chinese who were trying to pass off rats as lamb. They found 20,000 pounds of spoiled rat meat.
16Tea
Before you let yourself be tempted by the purchase of a tea from China, remember that it could very strongly contain nearly 30 toxic chemicals. In principle, these toxic teas are not exported out of the country, but it is better not to take any risks
17Wine
Wines made in China are of course made from grapes, as elsewhere, but they also contain sugar, dyes and artificial flavors.
18Pork
To sell more pork, Chinese companies are adding borax-filled additives to their pork to make it look like beef. This is a great way to fool consumers while endangering their health!
19Chicken
Avian influenza and other diseases related to chickens are common in the Eastern regions of the world. Chickens in China often fail to have the required norms to be eaten, so you could get sick anytime if you buy and eat it.
20Soy Sauce
Unfortunately, soy sauce imported from China is known to have 4-Methylimidazole, a cancer-causing chemical. While this chemical isn’t in every soy sauce bottle, it plagues over 25% of all the soy sauce that comes out of China.
21Eggs
If you look closely, some eggs offered at your grocery store do not come from local farms!
However, you should check the origin of your eggs next time, and avoid buying those that come from China, because factories in that country use calcium carbonate and paraffin in their eggs. So, you risk poisoning if you eat them.
22Green Peas
Many of the green peas that come out of China were actually conjured up in a lab using a mix of products. Your bag of green peas might be a concoction of soybeans, snow peas, food bleaches, and preservatives.
23Apple Juice
A few popular brands of apple juice sold in the US from China have shown high levels of arsenic. The arsenic likely comes from the liberal use of pesticides in the growing of the apples.
24Watermelon
watermelons grown in China are covered in pesticides. The pesticides are meant to help the watermelon grow at rapid rates, therefore increasing China’s exports to other countries.
However, pesticides often find their way inside the fruit.
25Garlic
The country doesn’t have any laws to regulate the use of pesticides, so farmers can use them at will to produce as many products as possible in a short amount of time.
The pesticides are particularly harmful to garlic. Garlic is incredibly absorbent and will soak up anything around it, including pesticides. If you’re eating garlic imported from China, your body is getting a huge hit of all those harmful chemicals.
26Beef
Chinese meat shops are known for their quick production and less-than-ideal safety standards, so much of the meat comes in contact with unwanted bacteria. In addition, Chinese meat shops have a tendency to mix multiple things together to create something that looks and tastes like beef, but isn’t really beef. If you’re buying beef from China, you might actually end up with a mix of chemicals, paraffin wax
27Rice
Many rice factories in China include a synthetic resin in their rice. Not only are you basically eating plastic, but the chemicals included in the resin are known to cause cancer.
28Black Pepper
While some black pepper from China certainly provides the standard of spice you’re looking for, other grocers simply sell hardened mud pellets and call it black pepper.
29Frozen Fish
On the fish farms in China, the farmers feed the fish with geese and pig feces that they drop directly into the water. In addition to their disgusting diet, the fish are also full of antibiotics. Not only are they raised in a pretty gross environment, but frozen fish imported from China are also chock-full of chemicals that could hurt you if you consume too much of them.
30Sweet Potato Noodles
A few years ago, factories in the Guangdong Province in China faced scandal. Authorities found the factories were using industrial dyes and paraffin wax to make sweet potato noodles.
31Tofu
In 2012, food safety inspectors looked at tofu factories in the Hunan Province. There, the inspectors found that the factory workers were using iron sulfate and feces to create tofu.
32Tapioca Pearls
In 2012, researchers in Germany studied tapioca pearls. To their shock, they found polychlorinated biphenyls in the pearls. These man-made chemicals are known cancer-causing agents and can affect all areas of the body, from the reproductive system to the immune system, and many other important bodily functions. If you still want to eat tapioca pearls, try to ensure they’re not imported from China.
33Ginger
In 2013, it was discovered that ginger farmers in Weifang were using aldicarb on their crops. Aldicarb is a pesticide that is classified as “extremely hazardous,”
34Frozen Spinach
Years ago, health officials in Japan discovered high levels of pesticides in frozen spinach from that country.
35Organic Foods
China doesn’t have strict guidelines for organic farming. Therefore, Chinese companies can call their products “organic” without actually meeting the guidelines of organic food in the US. You might think you’re eating only organic, but it’s likely the farming processes are anything close to what they should be.
36Pufferfish
we recommend you stay far away from pufferfish. While you may not have ever eaten pufferfish, it’s considered a delicacy in China.
However, pufferfish actually contain an incredibly deadly poison. While Chinese farmers can supposedly eliminate the poison by regulating the fish’s diet, it’s not entirely trustworthy.
37Blood Clams
Eating a blood clam means you run the risk of contracting hepatitis A. In fact, the clams were outlawed in Shanghai after a particularly severe outbreak.
38Salted Duck Eggs
salted duck eggs imported from China may not be entirely safe. Years ago, some of the eggs were found to contain cancer-causing dyes, so it’s probably best to leave them on the shelf.
39Honey
It’s been discovered that honey imported from China is often artificial, rather than the genuine article.
China may start with a bit of real honey, but it’s then blended with syrup, which dilutes the taste and makes the honey very unhealthy. While it’s difficult to discover which honey is real and which isn’t, it’s best to just avoid honey from China altogether.
40Frozen Fruit
Much of the frozen fruit available in the US is imported from China, keeping costs low and allowing consumers to stock up on supposedly healthy options.
However, China doesn’t have the same standards of farming as the US. The fruits are often covered in pesticides or lower in quality than what the US would allow to be sold. Rather than running the risk of purchasing tainted products
41Catfish
Many catfish imported from China have been found to contain levels of chemicals that may impact your health.
42Mandarin Oranges
Like most products, mandarin oranges from China are often grown with the help of harmful and toxic chemicals.
