Growing up in the EU in the 00s there was always the public health concerns of E numbers causing this or that. Ironic in a way, because E numbers mean that the

Growing up in the EU in the 00s there was always the public health concerns of E numbers causing this or that. Ironic in a way, because E numbers mean that the specific chemical has been cleared as a foodstuff in the EU, IIRC. Though I suppose it’s more concerning if an approved substance has some unforeseen effect versus an unapproved one and you’d want to investigate further. I guess it shows how government regulation of naturally occurring substances (though perhaps synthesized, or refined) carries with it a new set of incentives, and reasons to be political. Not that I’m against regulation, but it’s hard if not impossible to have a truly politically neutral approach.