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Food Additive Defined

Any substance that becomes a part of a food product "intentionally, unintentionally, or incidentally"

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Health Effects Of Sweeteners

Published October 5, 2008, 9:11 pm, AskMen

We look at the health effects of sweeteners Sugar is sweet, but the extra calories it contains are often unwelcome. The calorie-conscious thus turn to artificial sweeteners: Non-nutritive products that contain low or no calories.

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Critical Health Risks From Plastic Revealed By 6 Environmental Research Studies

Published October 5, 2008, 11:06 am, Medical News Today

Exposure to Bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates and flame retardants (PBDEs) are strongly associated with adverse health effects on humans and laboratory animals. A special section in the October 2008 issue of Environmental Research, "A Plastic World" provides critical new research on environmental contaminants and adverse reproductive and behavioral effects.

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China milk poisoning

Published October 3, 2008, 7:06 am, Malaya

he current gruesome dis-covery that several dairy companies in China were using a toxic chemical additive (mela-mine) in the formulation (or reconstitution by some middlemen for retail sales) of baby milk powder/formula and other milk products like chocolates, ice-cream, flour, etc., which had caused kidney stone formation in more than 54,000 children, a few resulting in death, only underscores ...

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BFAD appeals for understanding in testing 'delay'

Published October 2, 2008, 9:46 pm, GMA News

MANILA, Philippines - The Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD) on Friday appealed to the public for understanding over the long time it is taking to test some 200 milk-based products from China for melamine.

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Plastics in Our Diet: The Need for BPA Regulation

Published October 2, 2008, 9:04 pm, Scientific American

Studies have surfaced in recent months that certain plastic products we use every day could be interfering with our hormone systems. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are approved for consumer products and industrial processes--and certain classes of them, it seems, are dangerous to our health. One compound in the news, known as BPA, is of particular concern. Only a handful of once ...

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Amylin Pharmaceuticals to Present Novel Data on Promising Obesity Pipeline at 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of The ...

Published October 1, 2008, 1:05 pm, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that new data for its pipeline obesity candidates will be presented at the 2008 Annual Scientific Meeting of The Obesity Society in Phoenix October 3-7.

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  • Add-iFlex, Degradable Plastic Additive: Add-iFlex is a plastic additive that helps products degrade over time or allow them to be safely burned harmful emissions. I interview a company employee at a trade show, who describes how the additive works and what applications it has.

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  • Soft serve ice cream: What's in there, anyway?: It was first poured into cones in Illinois in the late 1930s, when both J.F. McCullough (the founder of Dairy Queen) and Tom Carvel (the founder of Carvel chain of parlours in the U.S.) pumped cream with air to make the treat. The air content can vary fro

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