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These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there
- dostick 10y agoGeneric "poison in food" article. What else is new?
- motorogo 10y agoIt's not, though? Range of new analysis discussed and the scientist wrote a report on the horsemeat scandal (was found in range of minced beef products) - huge uk news story at the time.
- MWil 10y agohttp://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hooching-with.2831420/ http://forum.wordreference.com/threads/hooching-with.2831420... New phrase learned
- xori 10y agoThis title should be changed to a less "click bait" one.
- Udik 10y agoAlso the word "toxin" in the title shouldn't be there. From Wikipedia: A toxin (from Ancient Greek: τοξικόν toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms;[1][2] synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded. In other words a toxin is a poison (not a generically harmful substance) produced by living organisms for attack or defense.
- sickbeard 10y agoThere are toxins everywhere, even in nature. It's not a problem that they are there.. only if they are high enough to warrant a correction.
- raverbashing 10y agoApples have naturally occurring cyanide for example
- rdiddly 10y agoWeird headline. I guess it's click bait, but the way it's phrased makes it sound like there are some toxins (unlike "these" toxins) that SHOULD be in our food. Also they're not quite sure about it, but almost!
- manicdee 10y agoMany chemicals that we regard as toxic actually occur naturally in foods we live. Formaldehyde in most living things, cyanide in apples, etc. Some substances should not be in our food at all, such as mercury. Other substances shouldn't be in our food above certain quantities, such as formaldehyde. So yes, there are some "toxins" that should be in our food assuming what we are eating isn't synthesised from scratch.
- barkbro 10y agoThe article is mostly about food fraud. The only references to "toxins" are arsenic in rice and formaldehyde used as a preservative in milk (which apparently is a problem in Brazil).
- SmallBets 10y agoIf these levels were found in EU, scared to know what a US analysis would find. Organic is meaningful in context of info like this.
- bsenftner 10y agoFood fraud is going to emerge is a major issue in the near future. As this issue gets exposed to the light, the size and illegal revenues generated will stagger the public. It makes the drug trade look like amateurs.
- cylinder 10y agoThe lack of transparency in food labeling, such as origin, facility processed, ingredients, will be looked at with horror in future