Food Chemicals – are they safe? Some interesting reading

Food additives are an emotive subject.  From BPA in plastics, to pesticides, some studies show harmful effects, while others conclude they are safe. Many food additives/chemicals can be hard to avoid, and eating organic is expensive – so do we need to be concerned?

My favourite nutritionist, Marion Nestle writes a really interesting post here on food chemicals looking at if they’re safe at the levels we consume them at.

She starts off by saying..

You eat these chemicals in tiny amounts – parts per billion or trillion. Whether doses this low cause harm is hard to assess for two reasons: science and politics. Scientists cannot easily measure the health effects of exposure to low-dose chemicals. And the industries that make and use these chemicals don’t want to give them up

Click here to read the rest of her post covering aspartame, food dyes, BPA (Bisphenol A) and pesticides.