By Maria Doa, PhD, Senior Director, Chemicals Policy, Maricel Maffini, PhD, Consultant, and Liora Fiksel, Project Manager, Healthy Communities
What happened
You may have seen news or online content from FDA about chemicals in our foods, including that our food – and everything else in the world – is made up of chemicals.
FDA’s online content also characterizes toxic chemicals such as lead and mercury simply as naturally occurring or naturally present in our environment. It further fails to distinguish the most harmful chemicals by asserting that for all chemicals, it is the amount of the chemical that matters when determining their harm.
Why it matters
It is true that everything, including our food, is made up of chemicals. However, that does not mean that we should treat all chemicals equally.
Highly toxic chemicals such as lead, mercury, PFAS, TCE, methylene…
Read the full article originally published at blogs.edf.org.