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The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans.

The agency had first proposed to revoke the regulation in November 2023. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, BVO was banned in the UK in 1970, followed by India in 1990, the EU in 2008 and Japan in 2010.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 74 points 1 year ago (2 children)

dont worry, the supreme court will make sure we can all get cancer from capitalists again shortly.

[–] Pistcow@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

I mean there's nothing in the constitution preventing me from pumping fake lemon water into a Justice's home water system.

[–] misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

literally looking at Berkey water filters for that reason. also, pretty happy to have been working on some home farming skills as well. totally fine country. normal even. TOTALLY NORMAL. 🙃

[–] jonne 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Farming skills don't help against some company spraying forever chemicals into the environment. These are issues you can't run away from and need a societal approach.

[–] misspacific@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

well good thing i didn't say that

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Get a reverse osmosis filter rather than a berkey.

[–] ChaosCoati@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

looking at Berkey water filters

Been looking at water filters too, to take out as much PFAS as possible. What a time to be alive

[–] iiGxC@slrpnk.net 38 points 1 year ago
[–] Got_Bent@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago

The FDA is an agency. They've no power anymore. Thanks scotus

[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 year ago

citrussy got me finna buss

[–] MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brominated_vegetable_oil

Oh, great, it was in Gatorade until 2013 and a bunch of shit before then. We are all going to die of cancer

[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

One case reported that a man who consumed two to four liters of a soda containing BVO on a daily basis experienced memory loss, tremors, fatigue, loss of muscle coordination, headache, and ptosis of the right eyelid, as well as elevated serum chloride.[30] In the two months it took to correctly diagnose the problem, the patient also lost the ability to walk. Eventually, bromism was diagnosed and hemodialysis was prescribed which resulted in a reversal of the disorder.

Hopefully not too bad.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brominade is a thing to die for.

[–] Tronn4@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It's what plants crave

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ah shit, not Gatorade

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why do these fuckers get to just shove literally anything out there and only pull it once a regulatory body forces it out??? (BTW thanks Supreme Court for neutering said regulatory body 🖕)

WHY aren’t we forcing all this shit to be proven safe first

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The best part:

In 1970, the FDA had concluded that its use in food was not generally recognized as safe because of toxicity concerns

So they knew it was likely not safe, gave the food manufacturers 50 years to find a substitute and then banned it.

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That part. Holy crap! Talk about profit over human life.

[–] Clent@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

That's how these chemicals have always operated.

They can do whatever they want until it's proven harmful. Time after time they've done internal studies showing the shit is toxic and they bury it.

Never any criminals charges, maybe some financial compensation after long court battle but never more than they profit.

Capitalism only works by externalizing these costs. They want you to believe, need you to believe it's not a zero sum game but it's not. It's just these externalities.

Monetary policy doesn't get to defy the laws of the universe, profit doesn't come from the ether.

We pay with our health and our lives.

And it's never acceptable to say this is not a good system, we have to propose an immediate alternative or we're pigeonholed as a communist or whatever the capitalist limited mind is stuck on. Like a Christian assuming one either worships Christ or Satan because it's unfathomable to choose neither. We are living through a capitalist inquisition.

[–] Tikiporch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

PepsiCo removed it from Mtn Dew in 2019, after announcing it in 2014. I hope Dr. Pepper doesn't get to drag their feet that long.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow 54 years after UK banned it. Thanks for looking out for us

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

That's the shocked but not shocked part for me.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Only just over half a century late to the party

Though I guess you guys have bigger problems than something as silly as safe food to eat