Regulator looks to expand loophole to allow dangerous compounds in food as long as they’re not carcinogenic
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to expand a controversial loophole to allow some of the world’s most toxic chemicals to be added directly to food without a safety review.
The “threshold of regulation” (TOR) exemption currently allows dangerous compounds to be used without review in food contact materials, such as packaging or processing equipment, if they are not carcinogenic, and are added at levels below 0.5 parts per billion (ppb).
But campaigners say many chemicals, especially hormone disruptors linked to brain damage and reproductive harm in children, are considered dangerous at levels far below 0.5ppb. Even in its limited form, the loophole has already raised alarm. One TOR exemption that allows the rocket fuel chemical perchlorate to be used in grain bags dramatically increased the amount of the compound found in kids’ cereal, which advocates say could cause brain damage.
This pic of RFK jr looks like some huckster trying to sell you a timeshare.
What is a little brain damage among friends, I guess?
America under every republican administration(also some neo-con democrats not trying to dismiss) have always prioritized business over voters.
Fuck Reagan.
Over turn citize United
Release the Epstein files
Hang all the traitors.
Make America Hospitalized Again
Seems like the plan. Keep Americans in debt
The US has been allowing toxic chemicals in food for decades that aren’t legal in most of the world. Reading ingredient lists of US products is fucking horrifying, it absolutely has a major effect of most of the US population.
Better to replace the scary words with E numbers, that makes them safe!
Same motherfuckers who bitched about fluoride in water are gonna be perfectly fine with this.
It should be a rule that cabinet members of the government and leadership of oversight agencies are obligated to partake in the products. If they don’t, they lose their job.
just make sure all of it is sent to kennedy’s table
Read as: we’re already doing this and this is how we let you know
Was the fall of Rome this quick?
They have AI to help this time.
Which one? Rome fell like five times before it was finally killed. The western Roman Empire, The Kingdom of the Romans in France, The Fourth Crusade, The Fall of Constantinople, and the conquest of Trebizond. Most of these were pretty quick and roughly comparable to the US if you start with Reagan.
Start with Reagan and we’re at what point in history by comparison?
Either crises of the third century or the reign of Romulus Augustulus before Italy was conquered. It’s very much a reform or fall type of situation.
should really be nixon if you want to be accurate
What the fuck even is America
And that’s supposed to make America healthy again?
Having 1 food item per week turn out to be toxic/dangerous in some way is rookie numbers–soon enough we’ll have daily food advisory warnings! You’ll never eat safely again! 🥹
Pretty soon the FDA will just grind “food” into white powder that can be snorted from toilet seats…for safety.
Those of us who are not american can read this. And you folks get angry when our governments, food organisations and consumers refuse to buy your food exports.
Nope, never angry about that. Jealous, but not angry.
The only people that are angry about that are the idiots and supporters to those idiots. Any rational person understands, and many of us support the decision with gumption.
Those of us that are paying attention, totally get it - I wouldn’t want to buy our gross food either!
Trust the woowoo people to have 0 consistency and even less math.
Clearly aren’t believers in homeopathy. Unless they’re thinking that more has less effect…
