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These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Re: These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Generic "poison in food" article. What else is new?

It's not, though? Range of new analysis discussed and the scientist wrote a report on the horsemeat scandal (was found in range of minced beef products) - huge uk news story at the time.

Re: These toxins in our food almost certainly shouldn’t be there

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Also the word "toxin" in the title shouldn't be there.

From Wikipedia: A toxin (from Ancient Greek: τοξικόν toxikon) is a poisonous substance produced within living cells or organisms;[1][2] synthetic toxicants created by artificial processes are thus excluded.

In other words a toxin is a poison (not a generically harmful substance) produced by living organisms for attack or defense.

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