Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the nation’s top health post, has vowed to “get the chemicals out” of America’s food amid mounting concerns over the health effects of ...

A backyard bird feeder should never become a disease hotspot, yet wildlife officials across several states have raised urgent ...

Covers a wide range of natural and synthetic food additives Covers health related topics relevant to food additives Chapters are organized into specific, easy-to-read topics Provides bibliographic ...

In a recent study published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, researchers explore the potential adverse health effects on children due to the use of industrial additives in ...

The notion that artificial colors and preservatives in foods may play a role in hyperactivity has been largely dismissed within conventional medicine, but there are signs that this is beginning to ...

Are the additives in our food quietly conspiring against our health? A new French study dives into the tangled web of food additives, not as individual villains, but at their gang affiliations. Do ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA is attempting to phase out petroleum-based dyes from the nation's food supply. It approved three natural food additives to ...

Before you fall for fear-mongering, you need to understand what food additives are. Food additives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explains, are “any substance the intended use of which ...

DEAR HEALTHY PROFESSOR: What are food additives? A: Simply stated, a food additive is any substance added to a food either intentionally (for example, food coloring) or unintentionally (for example, ...

All plastics contain one or more polymers, in addition to additives. Usually, polymers are not sold without some form of additive compounded into them. In the thermoplastics industry, it is commonly ...