Carrots Give You Cancer

So you may have seen this post stating that baby carrots are a danger to your health:

"DANGER TO YOUR FAMILY!!
From the Department of Life Education:

Baby Carrots:
The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc.

The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots - most people probably know this already.

What you may not know and should know is the following:
Once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same chlorine used in your pool).

Since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.

You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots. This is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables?

Chlorine is a very well-known carcinogen, which causes Cancer. I thought this was worth passing on. Pass it on to as many people as possible in hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed.

I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips. I know that I will never buy them again!!!!”

I’ve been trying to look into it and I found an article from wafflesatnoon.com which responds to this claim. From what I can tell they are no more dangerous to you than every other chemically treated vegetable in the grocery stores. They take deformed carrots and make them more attractive then rinse them in the same solutions that the rinse almost all market ready vegetables. It seems that the process is similar to the chlorination process they use to treat tap water (which is FDA approved.)

There are a few alternatives if you are not happy with this process. You can buy organic or you could buy local. Local vegetables don’t need to travel so they don’t treat them so extensively (that’s if they even treat them at all.) I buy from a local market down my street where they grow and sell their own vegetables. There is something comforting about seeing the food you are about to eat growing all around you. Also by buying local you are supporting your community.

Just remember to always wash your fruits and vegetables before you eat them!