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You could say that there are some things in life that you never really grow out of.

Things that were notable staples when you were a child.  It may have been an old teddy bear that you’ve kept thru out the years, or a book that you’ve read that reminds you of story time right before bed.  One of these that brings me back to my wonder years is that little container that held in it, that sweet and tangy lunch-box drink.  Juice boxes I believe is what they called it back then.  [Eye's glazed over into a daydream]

Every kid had them in their lunch boxes and if you were like me you would stick one in the freezer and had a frozen treat when you came home from school on a hot summer’s day.  Most of these juice boxes were basically a fusion of flavoring [with 10% real juice], high-fructose corn syrup, water, and a splish-splash of yellow 5′s and red 40′s.  You know, to give it that “precise” color to resemble what Kiwi/Strawberry drink should look like… I think.  But, besides the obvious ingredient/buzz-words that most are trained to seek & destroy.  There may be a silent ingredient that has not been listed on the side label, that may bring concern to parents [frozen drink enthusiast] roaming the juice box aisle at the local supermarket.  What’s this hidden, unlabeled, mystery ingredient?  The Environmental Law Foundation says it’s Lead.

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