Synthetic Chemicals in Protein Products

Once again, these data demonstrate that USD A certified organic protein products do contain multiple organochlorine pesticides and industrial chemicals and that only low-fat protein products are less likely to contain multiple synthetic chemicals, yet low-fat product will most likely contain DDE. 

There are yet more similarities between protein and dairy products. For example, highly processed protein products (e.g., ground, mixed and canned) also contain disinfection byproducts. Thus, hot dogs, ground beef, bologna, salami, and canned tuna are contaminated with chloroform and sometimes with bromodichloromethane. Benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, and xylenes, as well as the other detected chlorinated petroleum solvents (e.g., PCE, TCA, and TCE), also occur in protein products because these chemicals were in products used to lubricate or clean machinery that contacted the dairy products, or because these chemicals were in the ambient air of the meatpacking plant. Protein products also contain styrene from contact with plastics. Finally. PCB (a banned industrial chemical) was found to occur in every Market Basket sample of salmon. 

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