The fire retardant in the seafood chain(insideclimatenews.org)
140 points by gumby | 46 comments
Inside Climate News article about ethoxyquin, a chemical once linked to fire retardant use, and its presence in the seafood supply chain.
#food-safety on Hacker News
11 stories tagged food-safety, newest first.
FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review(theguardian.com)
118 points by NewJazz | 59 comments
Guardian analysis on an FDA proposal to expand a loophole letting some toxic, non-carcinogenic chemicals be added to food without safety review.
Research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer(theguardian.com)
79 points by Teever | 23 comments
Guardian news article on research identifying 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer, raising food and product safety questions.
EU-banned pesticides found in rice, tea and spices(foodwatch.org)
489 points by john-titor | 267 comments
Foodwatch news article reporting that pesticides banned in the EU were found in rice, tea and spices sold to consumers.
PlasticList – Plastic Levels in Foods(plasticlist.org)
418 points by homebrewer | 167 comments
PlasticList is a searchable database of lab-tested plastic chemical levels (nanograms per serving) in common foods, with downloadable TSV data.
US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods(bloomberg.com)
371 points by toomuchtodo | 502 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that the US FDA will ban the cancer-linked artificial food coloring Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods.
Plasticlist Report – Data on plastic chemicals in Bay Area foods(plasticlist.org)
588 points by jeff18 | 179 comments
The PlasticList report describing a project that tested 100 everyday Bay Area foods for plastic chemicals such as endocrine disruptors, with methodology and results.
Commercial tea bags release microplastics, entering human cells(medicalxpress.com)
400 points by wglb | 298 comments
Medical Xpress news article on a Autonomous University of Barcelona study finding commercial tea bags release millions of micro/nanoplastics that enter human intestinal cells.
Study finds billions of nanoplastics released when microwaving containers(news.unl.edu)
426 points by thunderbong | 301 comments
University of Nebraska–Lincoln news article on a study finding microwaving plastic baby food containers releases billions of nanoplastics that harm cultured kidney cells.
Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports(theguardian.com)
366 points by sandebert | 334 comments
Guardian news article reporting that the WHO's cancer research agency is set to classify the sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen.
Turmeric’s unexpected link to lead poisoning in Bangladesh(stanmed.stanford.edu)
370 points by coopernewby | 171 comments
Stanford Medicine Magazine article on how Stanford researchers traced lead poisoning in Bangladesh to lead chromate added to turmeric by spice sellers.