EWG’s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The Top 12 to Avoid
If you’ve ever looked at the ingredients in processed food, you’ll most likely see a list of chemicals that most of us have no idea what they are or why they’re in our food.
Did you know that many of the chemical additives in our food weren’t approved for safety by any government agency – they were approved by the chemical industry using the “generally recognized as safe” loophole allowed by some governments?
Let’s let the site developers explain…
Almost 99 percent of food chemicals introduced since 2000 were greenlighted for use by food and chemical companies rather than properly reviewed by the Food and Drug Administration. Many of these widely used chemicals are associated with major health harms, including increased risk of cancer, developmental harm and hormone disruption.
These substances end up in what we eat, thanks to a legal loophole that allows food ingredients to be classified as “generally recognized as safe.” The loophole lets manufacturers – instead of the FDA – determine which food chemicals are safe to consume. Chemical and food companies have exploited this loophole for decades.
If you’re like me you will want to learn more about the chemicals that are in your food, such as:
potassium bromate
propylparaben
BHA
BHT
titanium dioxide
artificial dyes
sodium benzoate
sodium nitrite
and more…
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thanks for this information. there are too many chemicals in our foods and our air. no wonder there is so much cancer around us. be careful and eat safely.