To cut to the chase, it’s both.  It’s fact and an alarmist view point of the sky is falling. From my contacts on twitter, I was made aware of this article posted on the Washington Post’s Website. (here’s the article)   In it detailed how traces of mercury were found in High Fructose Corn Syrup.  I just shook my head as I read what I thought was another reason to avoid the stuff. I already do try to steer clear of it.  There are many good reasons to avoid HFCS with  mercury question aside. Diabetes, early childhood obesity, etc, etc. I’m not advocating there aren’t good issues for avoiding High…