It's always surprising to me how quick we are to go from discovering a chemical to mass-producing it. We're only just figuring out all of the negative externalities of things like PFAS, and they're in absolutely everything (packaging, clothes, pizza box linings, food cans, cookware...)
Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
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#83That stuff gives me migraines. I can't even chew most gum without a headache because it's full of it.
Isn't it mostly Xylitol in chewing gum?
Xylitol is actually pretty rare as the main sweetener in gum, it’s a lot more expensive. If gum mentions that it contains xylitol, check the ingredient list to see if there are other sweeteners listed first.
Xylitol is preferable because of its oral hygiene benefits, but most consumers are choosy enough to make sure their gum is exclusively xylitol.
There are some brands on Amazon that sell 100% xylitol gum if you go out of your way to find it though. Be careful with it around dogs though, xylitol is insanely toxic to them.
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#84It's always surprising to me how quick we are to go from discovering a chemical to mass-producing it. We're only just figuring out all of the negative externalities of things like PFAS, and they're in absolutely everything (packaging, clothes, pizza box linings, food cans, cookware...)
Leaded gasoline will really blow your mind, at least it did for me
Edit: Figuratively not literally, haha!
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#85Curiously the share value of COKE has not plunged today. (+0.21% as we speak)
Coke owns most sodas, so if you're switching, you're likely to end up switching to another Coke product.
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#86Just returned from Ireland and every 'regular' soda was full of disgusting artificial sweeteners. In the usa these would be labeled diet. And of course sucralose was pretty common and we're now finding scary things about its harm to the human body. Sugar really isn't that bad..
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#87It's always surprising to me how quick we are to go from discovering a chemical to mass-producing it. We're only just figuring out all of the negative externalities of things like PFAS, and they're in absolutely everything (packaging, clothes, pizza box linings, food cans, cookware...)
3M knew about the negative "externalities" of PFAS 50 years ago, they just decide YOU didn't nee to know.
https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-p...
It's the same with oil companies having studies on climate change privately, while discounting climate scientists publicly.
Profits over People is the way of Capitalism!
Re: Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
#88It's always surprising to me how quick we are to go from discovering a chemical to mass-producing it. We're only just figuring out all of the negative externalities of things like PFAS, and they're in absolutely everything (packaging, clothes, pizza box linings, food cans, cookware...)
Leaded gasoline will really blow your mind, at least it did for me Edit: Figuratively not literally, haha!
It was known to be harmful back in 1920s when it was introduced
Re: Aspartame sweetener to be declared possible cancer risk by WHO, say reports
#89That stuff gives me migraines. I can't even chew most gum without a headache because it's full of it.
Isn't it mostly Xylitol in chewing gum?
The ones I'm familiar with mostly use sorbitol. Though it's not uncommon to find aspartame on the 'less than 2% of the following' part of the ingredients list.
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