> Eleven trace elements (Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Rb, Se, Sr, V, Zn
"But how many of those are 'undesirable' in our diet? I see at least three (iron, selenium, zinc) that I can buy in our local health food store."
Copper and Manganese are also popular in multivitamins. But I think the point is that free-range chickens, like free-range bees, are picking up whatever is in their environment. And while the levels of even the scary-sounding minerals are likely far below anything worrisome, just imagine the outcry if the same elements were found in a sampling of eggs produced by caged hens fed GMO corn.
Eugene Makovec
Missouri USA
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