Panic in the Pantry (Consumer Health Library)

Panic in the Pantry (Consumer Health Library)
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Panic in the Pantry was written to help consumers become fully aware of the real facts behind news about the safety of our food supply. Whelan and Stare examine the power wielded by health food lobbyists who band together and exert political pressure to protect their profitable ventures. They discuss the concept of "relative risk" and why it should be used to place information about food additives and preservatives into proper perspective, as well as why the Delaney Clause - a law intended to protect us from cancer causing chemicals in our food - cannot fulfill the noble purpose for which it was drafted and therefore should be repealed.

Also examined is the research behind the banning of cyclomates and the attacks on saccharin and aspertame that left many Americans wondering whether they are doomed to be chubby or develop cancer. A lengthy discussion of California's Proposition 65 provides insight into the chaos that can result when fearmongers are able to secure legislation based on panic about food supply. The authors also address the flight to "natural" products, which may lead to serious health problems as well as added consumer expense. The contemporary back-to-nature mania is rejected as a hoax perpetuated by opportunists intent on taking advantage of frightened and impressionable consumers.
Country USA
Brand Prometheus Books
Manufacturer G38-Prometheus
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate 1992-07-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780879757328

Country	USA
Brand	Prometheus Books
Manufacturer	G38-Prometheus
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Refer to Sapnet.
ReleaseDate	1992-07-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780879757328

Panic in the Pantry (Consumer Health Library)

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