{"id":29900,"date":"2025-03-05T12:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/?p=29900"},"modified":"2025-03-05T12:16:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:16:13","slug":"ewgs-dirty-dozen-guide-to-food-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/ewgs-dirty-dozen-guide-to-food-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"EWG\u2019s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"page-title\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\" style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">EWG\u2019s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The Top 12 to Avoid<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2025\/chem.png\" alt=\"What are those chemicals in your food - Cloudeight Site Pick\" width=\"600\" height=\"859\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;ve ever looked at the ingredients in processed food, you&#8217;ll most likely see a list of chemicals that most of us have no idea what they are or why they&#8217;re in our food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Did you know that many of the chemical additives in our food weren&#8217;t approved for safety by any government agency &#8211; they were approved by the chemical industry using the &#8220;generally recognized as safe&#8221; loophole allowed by some governments?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Let&#8217;s let the site developers explain&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">These substances end up in what we eat, thanks to a legal loophole that allows food ingredients to be classified as \u201cgenerally recognized as safe.\u201d The loophole lets manufacturers \u2013 instead of the FDA \u2013 determine which food chemicals are safe to consume. Chemical and food companies have exploited this loophole for decades.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">If you&#8217;re like me you will want to learn more about the chemicals that are in your food, such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">potassium bromate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">propylparaben<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">BHA<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">BHT<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">titanium dioxide<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">artificial dyes<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">sodium benzoate<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">sodium nitrite<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">and more&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Our site pick today is a healthy one and one that most of you will benefit from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewg.org\/consumer-guides\/ewgs-dirty-dozen-guide-food-chemicals-top-12-avoid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take a few minutes to read the info on our site pick today&#8230;&#8221;EWG\u2019s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The top 12 to avoid&#8221;<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">We think you&#8217;ll find it informative and interesting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; EWG\u2019s Dirty Dozen Guide to Food Chemicals: The Top 12 to Avoid If you&#8217;ve ever looked at the ingredients in processed food, you&#8217;ll most likely see a list of chemicals that most of us have no idea what they are or why they&#8217;re in our food. 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