A CBC Marketplace investigation found some food manufacturers are producing snack foods for the Canadian market that contain an ingredient banned in Europe.
That additive, titanium dioxide, was banned in the European Union after a May 2021 European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) review couldn’t rule out that it may cause DNA or chromosomal damage in humans.
“What we concluded was that we could not really exclude the possibility that titanium dioxide can damage the DNA material, the genetic material in the cells,” Camilla Smeraldi, team leader for EFSA’s food additive and flavourings team, told Marketplace in an interview from her office in Parma, Italy. “It’s not something that we should intentionally add to foods.”
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Dna or chromosomal damage… fuckin hell and thats in food?? Must be extra tasty or something gsus.
Must be extra
tastyprofitable.Per the article
Look for Titanium White or Pigment White 6 (PW6) in the ingredients list.
Sounds like paint.
It’s literally what bright white paint is made of. It’s literally called Titanium White or Titanium Dioxide White.
There’s a whole history of discovering better pigments out of super toxic compounds. Not that titanium dioxide is one of them necessarily.
Wtf. So bit like
Ride to Valhalla, shiny and …
Oh shit yeah forgot about that movie… should have used that one
It is paint, it’s a safer replacement for lead oxide.
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