How the FDA lets chemicals pour into America's food supply

[NOLA Dude]

 

[NOLA Dude]

Taurine, naturally produced in the body and added to drinks like Red Bull, is shown to accelerate cancer progression in mice via the SLC6A6 gene, which transports taurine to tumors.

The research, published in Nature, suggests taurine may also impact other cancers like colorectal, raising concerns about energy drink consumption.

Common ingredient in energy drinks linked to blood cancer growth, study finds

Taurine, a common ingredient in energy drinks, has been linked to leukemia cell growth. New research suggests targeting taurine uptake for leukemia treatment strategies.

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[DCCougar]

"....he assumes the FDA is making sure the ingredients are safe.
In many cases, it is not."

As claimed by RFK Jr -- the guy who just said "I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me."

 

[NOLA Dude]

As claimed by RFK Jr -- the guy who just said "I don’t think people should be taking medical advice from me."

He's not a doctor nor does he have a medical degree just like 8 of the last 10 HHS secretary's.

Did you take medical advice from Xavier Becerra who was also a lawyer?

It's cute you guys think you have some gotcha moment.

 

[NOLA Dude]

Only someone with brain worms would want to ban carcinogens from school lunches.

 

[NOLA Dude]

 

[Cope]

The number is unknown to you.

Uh, it is unknown to A LOT of people, which is the point.

The number should be 0

 

[Allan]

Uh, it is unknown to A LOT of people, which is the point.

It's unknown to Brain Worm and you.

That's the point.

 

[Cope]

It's unknown to Brain Worm and you.

That's the point.

Such a hateful lil tyke aren't ya.

 

[DCCougar]

He's not a doctor nor does he have a medical degree just like 8 of the last 10 HHS secretary's.

Point taken. But how many of the last ten HHS Secretaries were environmental lawyers, conspiracy theorists, and anti-vaccine activists?

 

[Deuce]

Finally, right wingers are getting on board with having the government more strictly regulate harmful business practices.

 

[Allan]

Such a hateful lil tyke aren't ya.

The irony

 

[NOLA Dude]

Point taken. But how many of the last ten HHS Secretaries were environmental lawyers, conspiracy theorists, and anti-vaccine activists?

Biden's HHS Secretary was also a lawyer and the left didn't say a word about that.

Anti vax is just big pharma propaganda that rabid vaxers like to parrot.

 

[NOLA Dude]

Finally, right wingers are getting on board with having the government more strictly regulate harmful business practices.

And many Democrats are now against the things they used to support just because it involves Trump and RFK.

 

[NOLA Dude]

Nothing to see here right? It's just a drug company that makes cancer drugs owning another company that makes Roundup which causes cancer.

 

[BirdinHand]

Nothing to see here right? It's just a drug company that makes cancer drugs owning another company that makes Roundup which causes cancer.

Bayer AG.

"Health for all, hunger for none"

They've not hidden that they have agricultural products - including PESTICIDES.


Being personally ignorant or uninformed =/= a company "hiding" anything or anything nefarious about the company.

They even have a sub-website specific to their agricultural operations:

Bayer Crop Science Homepage | Crop Science US

Bayer Crop Science is building agriculture solutions for today and tomorrow. Our aim is to be a partner for both your crop and your business, leveraging cutting-edge technology and industry-leading crop research to offer products, tools, and information that help you succeed.

www.cropscience.bayer.us

Roundup Powermax 3 Herbicide | Crop Science US

After nearly 50 years of innovation and commitment to branded glyphosates, Roundup® Brand Agricultural Herbicides continue to offer the same quality and reliable performance farmers expect. New Roundup PowerMAX® 3 Herbicide contains a unique surfactant blend with a higher concentration of...

www.cropscience.bayer.us

Multibillion dollar international companies do often have numerous lines of business.

 

[NOLA Dude]

Bayer AG.

"Health for all, hunger for none"

They've not hidden that they have agricultural products - including PESTICIDES.


Being personally ignorant or uninformed =/= a company "hiding" anything or anything nefarious about the company.

They even have a sub-website specific to their agricultural operations:

Bayer Crop Science Homepage | Crop Science US

Bayer Crop Science is building agriculture solutions for today and tomorrow. Our aim is to be a partner for both your crop and your business, leveraging cutting-edge technology and industry-leading crop research to offer products, tools, and information that help you succeed.

www.cropscience.bayer.us

Roundup Powermax 3 Herbicide | Crop Science US

After nearly 50 years of innovation and commitment to branded glyphosates, Roundup® Brand Agricultural Herbicides continue to offer the same quality and reliable performance farmers expect. New Roundup PowerMAX® 3 Herbicide contains a unique surfactant blend with a higher concentration of...

www.cropscience.bayer.us

Multibillion dollar international companies do often have numerous lines of business.

Why do you always have to use a stawman? I didn't say anything about them hiding anything.

You make a lot of excuses for businesses doing questionable things.

Yeah its totally normal to own the companies that causes cancer and also treat cancer.



Do you have any comment about roundup, how it causes cancer and is sprayed on most of our crops?


More than 80% of urine samples drawn from children and adults in a US health study contained a weedkilling chemical linked to cancer, a finding scientists have called “disturbing” and “concerning”.

The report by a unit of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that out of 2,310 urine samples, taken from a group of Americans intended to be representative of the US population, 1,885 were laced with detectable traces of glyphosate. This is the active ingredient in herbicides sold around the world, including the widely used Roundup brand. Almost a third of the participants were children ranging from six to 18.

‘Disturbing’: weedkiller ingredient tied to cancer found in 80% of US urine samples

CDC study finds glyphosate, controversial ingredient found in weedkillers including popular Roundup brand, present in samples

www.theguardian.com

 

[Gimmesometruth]

He's not a doctor nor does he have a medical degree just like 8 of the last 10 HHS secretary's.

Did you take medical advice from Xavier Becerra who was also a lawyer?

It's cute you guys think you have some gotcha moment.

RFK is a walking conspiracy theory, what do you mean "gotcha"? He is a self confessed heroin user with a worm in his brain that takes his grandkids to contaminated streams and eats road kill.

We don't need to "get him", he self owns and revels in it, good grief.

 

[NOLA Dude]

RFK is a walking conspiracy theory, what do you mean "gotcha"? He is a self confessed heroin user with a worm in his brain that takes his grandkids to contaminated streams and eats road kill.

We don't need to "get him", he self owns and revels in it, good grief.

When you have to go straight to the juvenile insults its clear you have nothing substantive to say.

Get back to me when you can discuss things specifically like an adult.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

When you have to go straight to the juvenile insults its clear you have nothing substantive to say.

Since when did stating facts about the HHS head become....insults? How far does your denial of reality go?

Get back to me when you can discuss things specifically like an adult.

Thats so weird, you just argued that we shouldn't take medical advise from a lawyer, so apparently we can discuss the past of an official, but if we talk about the choices a current official has made to determine if he has the experience to be giving medical advice, well....it is insulting! To whom? Him? He admitted to all of these actions and conditions, are these things, these lifestyle choices off the table when it comes to his dispensing of medical advice....let alone just being in a position of power that has a huge influence on the well being of millions of Americans?

Its so weird the standards you guys demand from others and then.....there are the standards you hold for your guys. The contrast is enormous.

Sorry if I offended or embarrassed your argument....please, don't let it interfere with you argument. Go on and tell about what a bad idea it is to take advice from unqualified officials.

 

[NOLA Dude]

Since when did stating facts about the HHS head become....insults? How far does your denial of reality go?

Thats so weird, you just argued that we shouldn't take medical advise from a lawyer, so apparently we can discuss the past of an official, but if we talk about the choices a current official has made to determine if he has the experience to be giving medical advice, well....it is insulting! To whom? Him? He admitted to all of these actions and conditions, are these things, these lifestyle choices off the table when it comes to his dispensing of medical advice....let alone just being in a position of power that has a huge influence on the well being of millions of Americans?

Its so weird the standards you guys demand from others and then.....there are the standards you hold for your guys. The contrast is enormous.

Sorry if I offended or embarrassed your argument....please, don't let it interfere with you argument. Go on and tell about what a bad idea it is to take advise from unqualified officials.

Up your trolling game. You are horrible while thinking you are clever.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

Up your trolling game. You are horrible while thinking you are clever.

Again, it is so weird that you don't want to debate who is qualified to dispense medical advice as the head of HHS. You were discussing the qualifications of Becerra, now you don't want to discuss RFK's qualities, his practices, his medical advisory qualifications.

 

[Gimmesometruth]

And many Democrats are now against the things they used to support just because it involves Trump and RFK.

Thats true, lots of Dems use heroin and have brain worms and eat road kill, strap dead whales on the top of their SUV's, take their kids to sewer contaminated streams......and now.....we don't want to even talk about them.

But the GOP....my gawd, they embrace anyone who switches over to their side no matter their past!
They are a big tent!

 

[Gimmesometruth]

Thats right, wooly mammoths were a bad diet choice, here, have a lizard instead....

 

[NOLA Dude]

Democrats will be mad if this chemical is removed, but oh well. Yoga mats probably aren't too tasty.


The Food and Drug Administration is planning to revisit its approval of the food additive ADA, the agency's top foods official announced Thursday, after longstanding questions over the safety of the so-called "yoga mat" chemical that can be a bread ingredient in the U.S. but is banned in Europe.

Also called azodicarbonamide, the FDA previously approved ADA's use to whiten cereal flour and improve baking bread dough.

Advocacy groups have criticized the use of this chemical in food for years, over concerns about its potential health risks. The "yoga mat" nickname comes from ADA's other uses in the manufacturing of plastics and rubbers.

In Europe, it is illegal to add the ingredient to bread, given the possibility it could result in a possible carcinogen called semicarbazide when it breaks down into other chemicals during bread making.

After international health authorities in recent years also raised concerns over its use in food, guidance from 1965 that had previously allowed for its use was withdrawn by a committee convened by the United Nations over worries that there was not enough data to support its safety.

FDA to revisit approval of "yoga mat" bread ingredient banned in Europe

The FDA is prioritizing the review of some previously approved food additives, including ADA, dubbed the "yoga mat" chemical.

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