Toxic veggie burgers? Say it isn't so! The detection of low levels of hexane (i.e., a chemical used as an industrial solvent and previously linked to parkinsonism by Pezzoli and colleagues) in some soy products is making the news in Montreal and causing concern everywhere else. But is the cause for concern really warranted? While it is certainly prudent for those with pre-esxisting neurological disorders and those with a positive family history of neurodegenerative disease to avoid occupational exposure to n-hexane, the residual concentrations of this solvent that are found in most soy products are much lower than that which can occur in occupational settings and therefore, are of less concern as well. Furthermore, the type of hexane influences its neurotoxic potential with n-hexane being the most neurotoxic form (see Ono et al., 1981)
Read the entire Montreal Gazette story here.
Link to Pezzoli et al., article
Read the entire Montreal Gazette story here.
Link to Pezzoli et al., article
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