Toxic chemicals in food

The rising concern about toxic chemicals in foods... 

Mass spectrometry provides a valuable tool for the characterization and quantitation of trace levels of toxic chemicals in food. In this regard, GC-MS has been more widely used than the HPLC-... 

Harrison, R.0. Goodrow, M.H. Gee, S.J. Hammock, B.D. To be published in an ACS Symposium Series volume based on the symposium Immunoassays for Monitoring Human Exposure to Toxic Chemicals in Food and the Environment Vanderlaan, M., Ed. American Chemical Society Washington, DC. 

The route of exposure can have a profound effect on a chemical s effect on the animal or person (see Section 3.1.1). In experimental toxicology, usually the oral route is used for comparisons. Doses by the oral route may be given by feeding the toxic chemical in food or water or it may be given by gavage... 

Toxic chemicals in food are particularly harmful to children and their developing systems. These include food additives and packaging, which contain endocrine-disrupting... 

The effects of hidden chemicals are excluded. Many of the regulations allow for proprietary formulation information to be excluded. So called inert ingredients are not required to be listed for proprietary purposes, even though these are added, for example, to increase activity of pesticides or improve the esthetics of cosmetics and personal care products, and are known to alter the toxicological effects of such products. In the United States, toxic chemicals in foods are not required to be listed if they are contained on the EAFUS and GRAS lists [16]. 

The assessment of risks from the occurrence of a potentially toxic chemical in food is usually a complex matter. Not only is it desirable... 

M. Vandedaan and co-workers. Immunoassaysfor Trace Chemical Analysis Monitoring Toxic Chemicals in Humans, Food and the Environment, ACS Symposium Series 451, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1991. 

Statement by the Committee of Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the... 

In a 1996 review, the Committee of Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) estimated the intake of isoflavones from soya-milk to be approximately 4 mg/kg/day over the first 4 months of life. This is greater than that associated with hormonal effects in premenopausal women, but the COT nonetheless supported the existing Department of Health s advice that... 

J. H. Draize, Appraisal of the Safety of Chemicals in Foods, Drugs and Cosmetics, Association of Food and Drug Officials of the United States Business Office, Bureau of Food and Drugs, Austin, Texas, Chap. Dermal Toxicity, Texas State Dept, of Health, 1959, pp. 46-48. 

What has helped me more than anything else is minimizing my exposure to chemicals in food, air and water. I ve started eating organic foods and replaced all of my personal care and cleaning products with less-toxic, unscented products. 

Stanker LH, Watkins B, Vanderlaan M, et al. 1989. Analysis of heptachlor and related cyclodiene insecticides in food products. In Vanderlaan M, ed. ACS (American Chemical Society) Symposium Series, 451. Immunoassays for trace chemical analysis Monitoring toxic chemicals in humans, food and the environment Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, December 17-22. Washington, DC American Chemical Society, 108-123. 

England - Department of Health - Committee on toxicity of chemicals in food consumer products and the environment - Statement on the reproductive effects of caffeine. Online. Available HTTP (accessed 2 April 2003). 

The US EPA lists chlordane as a persistent bioaccumulative toxic chemical. In 1978, the EPA cancelled use of chlordane on food crops and by 1988 all use was banned. 

Flame and explosion hazards Toxic chemicals in plants Food, drink, and air... 

United Kingdom Department of Health (1995) Annual report of the Committees on Toxicity, Mutagenicity, Carcinogenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment. London, Her Majesty s Stationery Office. 

FDA publishes black book guide to toxicity of chemicals in food. 

The investigation provided evidence of limited migration of both TPA and IPA. The UK Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment (COT) advised that the levels of TPA and IPA found in foods in this survey were not of concern for public health based on available information. Nevertheless, they recommended that further studies be carried out for TPA and IPA to see if they have endocrine disrupter activity. 

It s not fair or realistic to ask people to be experts and to somehow insulate their families from the toxic chemicals in their food, workplaces, food packaging, water bottles, and cosmetics. Clearly, we need to do what we can to protect our families now. But I am also asking these questions Can t we make cosmetics without chemicals that might... 

At each step in the food web, organochlorine contaminants undergo biomagnification and remain firmly bound to lipid molecules. The term biomagnification is self-explanatory, whereby the minuscule levels of toxic chemicals in the water become concentrated in wildlife bodies, often ending up at high concentrations in organisms at the top of the food web.6-8... 

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