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France to cut nitrites in food after agency confirms cancer risk

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Re: France to cut nitrites in food after agency confirms cancer risk

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Post by groffee »

It's not just the cancer risk, if you have a nitrate allergy it can mess your stomach up pretty badly, naturally occurring ones seem to be ok but it's when they're added to preserve the food it's pure poison.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/472610-nitrite-nitrate-al...

Re: France to cut nitrites in food after agency confirms cancer risk

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Post by contravariant »

groffee wrote: post #2

It's not just the cancer risk, if you have a nitrate allergy it can mess your stomach up pretty badly, naturally occurring ones seem to be ok but it's when they're added to preserve the food it's pure poison. https://www.livestrong.com/article/472610-nitrite-nitrate-al...

Conflating nitrate with nitrite, an allergy to something that's not an antigen, a substance that's only dangerous when it's not 'natural', a website filled with clickbait.

Based on the number of red flags I'm going to have to dismiss this out of hand, sorry.

Re: France to cut nitrites in food after agency confirms cancer risk

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Post by EricE »

rirze wrote: post #4

> "If we caused microbial accidents because there are no more nitrites it would be even worse than the hypothetical risk mentioned," FICT Chairman Bernard Vallat said. What an insane quote...

Is it? There is more and more consensus that banning DDT caused more deaths than it prevented. The world is a complex and interconnected place and decisions have direct and indirect consequences. Frankly it's refreshing to see any unintended consequences being surfaced in stories like this.
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