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What toxins are these and why are they bad? The liver is quite capable at removing actual toxins and using that terminology makes you sound like a quack. (2) i
by slaymaker1907 7y ago
What toxins are these and why are they bad? The liver is quite capable at removing actual toxins and using that terminology makes you sound like a quack.
(2) is a valid point, but (1) should be entirely prevented by the FDA.
- lm28469 7y agoMany additives and colorants used in US food are banned in Europe for example. I wouldn't go as far as to call them toxins but they're at the very least suspected to be a net negative for the human body. But again à lot of it is a question of dosage. A bottle of coke a week might not do much, a bottle a day and it's a whole other story.
- nosianu 7y agoHeavy metals and various industrial chemicals for example: "The most neglected threat to public health in China is toxic soil" -- https://www.economist.com/briefing/2017/06/08/the-most-neglected-threat-to-public-health-in-china-is-toxic-soil https://www.economist.com/briefing/2017/06/08/the-most-negle... (2017) All the things in their air and water (Quote from the article: "Wen Jiabao, a former prime minister, once said that water problems threaten “the very survival of the Chinese nation”.". - https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-soil/china-soil-pollution-efforts-stymied-by-local-governments-greenpeace-idUSKCN1RT04D https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-soil/chin... - https://www.iisd.org/blog/toxic-soil-china https://www.iisd.org/blog/toxic-soil-china - https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/10949-Can-China-s-new-soil-pollution-law-reverse-decades-of-harm- https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/10949-C...