The FDA is being pursued for test data related to recalled Target baby food. Concerns are being raised about the food additive BHA, classified as 'reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen'. Similar assessments are planned for BHT and azodicarbonamide. Plus, several other unrelated news snippets.
by CHARLOTTE HAZARD | The National News DeskWe've filed FOIA's with the FDA for the test data associated with the recalled Target "Good and Gather" baby food . BHA is also called butylated hydroxyanisole, has been in U.
S. food for decades. The FDA classified it “generally recognized as safe” in 1958.said BHA is identified by the National Toxicology Program as “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen’ based on animal studies.”“If BHA cannot meet today’s gold-standard science for its current uses, we will remove it from the food supply and continue cleaning up food chemicals—starting where children face the greatest exposure.”“The scientific community has raised significant concerns about some chemicals currently in the food supply,” he said. “Once we complete our assessment of BHA, we expect to conduct similar assessments for butylated hydroxytoluene, a synthetic preservative known as BHT, and azodicarbonamide — a chemical used in yoga mats and also used as a dough conditioner.”Police are investigating a deadly shooting in Perry County.The shooting happened Thursday along West Main Street in Somerset.The police chief told ABC 6 that aAn OBGYN at Ohio State is responding after his name showed up repeatedly in newly released documents in the Jeffrey Epstein files.An Ohio woman appeared in court Tuesday on charges of child endangerment and torture/cruelty abuse.Multiple neighborhoods in north Columbus have not received a week's worth of mail.For their first major tour in a year, Ohio's-own The Black Keys are ditching big arenas for a two-night residency at the Mershon Auditorium this spring.The Akro
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