> "lots of studies" also showed other things like smoking were ok once upon a time. Some of the same scientists who were paid off by the tobacco industry to li

> "lots of studies" also showed other things like smoking were ok once upon a time. Some of the same scientists who were paid off by the tobacco industry to lie to the public about the safety of cigarettes are now working for the food industry to convince the public that food additives are safe. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/17/400391693/how-the-food-industry-relies-on-scientists-with-big-tobacco-ties https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/04/17/400391693/ho... More skepticism than usual seems reasonable.