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Re:Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research (2016) by hello_computer on Friday April 19, 2024 @12:00PM (#40088452)
azo dyes (already banned in the EU), trisodium phospate (we used to use this to clean walls for painting, now we use it in noodle manufacture to keep the machine from clogging), titanium dioxide (colorant and possible carcinogen), plasticizers leached from the packaging (BPA [a weak synthetic estrogen], BPS, BPF)... the soaps, lotions, and cosmetics also have a number of novel (to human consumption anyway) components, which can enter the bloodstream dermally. One of my chemistry professors remarked that bodies take longer to decompose now due to the residual amounts of tetrasodium EDTA in our bodies from hair shampoo. For a while, many young men were getting gynecomastia from the lavender and tea tree oil in their shampoos and body washes. Many of the crops are doused in glyphosate during both growth and harvest, so there's weed killer in the cheerios now, and we're just supposed to accept that. Most of us do.
Re:Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research (2016) by smolder on Friday April 19, 2024 @01:25PM (#40089572)
+ Brominated vegetable oil (also banned in the EU)