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Comment by tbrownaw

3 days ago

> behind

Is it really a competition to see who can ban the most things? What's the prize if you win?

The prize to win is public health. There is absolutely no benefit in putting all this crap into food. Maybe some things are harmful and others are not but they are absolutely useless.

  • Unless you sell that crap.

    Things like Veggie Libel Laws are very much against the public interest but farm owners have managed to somehow be both rich and adored by the populace so here we are

If they're competing to ban dangerous things in our food supply then the "prize" is a longer healthier life for everyone who lives in any nation that engages in such competition? :shrug:

  • Go for a walk each day and eat more vegetables. You’ll have far outweighed any cancer risk from all the food dies in the world.

    • Lead chromate is a really great color that's not in the food supply (except occasionally illicitly in Bangladesh) largely because it's illegal. Regulation is why food is safe.