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FDA may allow toxic chemicals in food without safety review
Original: Used to be politicians asked: Are you better off now than four years ago? Now, the question is: Are you safer from toxic
A claim circulating online says the FDA may allow certain toxic chemicals to be added to food without a safety review. Critics frame it as a shift in the classic political question: instead of asking whether voters are better off than four years ago, they say the question now is whether people are safer from disease, food-borne illness and toxic exposure. Commenters are expressing alarm at the reported rollback of oversight.
Why now: Concern over food safety regulation and the FDA's perceived weakening of chemical review processes is drawing attention.
Evidence
- Used to be politicians asked: Are you better off now than four years ago? Now, the question is: Are you safer from toxic capitalism, disease and food-borne illnesses than four years ago? FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review. Experts are… · CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us · 9
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