February 16, 2011
WASHINGTON—The “caramel coloring” used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other foods is contaminated with two cancer-causing chemicals and should be banned, according to a regulatory petition filed today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest....
Although there are no federal limits on its use, California added the chemical to its Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in 2011. That required any food or beverage to carry a health warning label if it exposed consumers to more than 29 micrograms of 4-MeI a day.
WASHINGTON—The “caramel coloring” used in Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and other foods is contaminated with two cancer-causing chemicals and should be banned, according to a regulatory petition filed today by the Center for Science in the Public Interest....
January 23, 2014, 6:53 a.m.
Caramel color is an additive (click here) that gives your bubbly soda that distinct amber hue.
But some of the artificial coloring also contains a potentially carcinogenic chemical called 4-methylimidazole or 4-MeI.
Although there are no federal limits on its use, California added the chemical to its Proposition 65 list of carcinogens in 2011. That required any food or beverage to carry a health warning label if it exposed consumers to more than 29 micrograms of 4-MeI a day.
A study released Thursday by Consumer Reports magazine says at least two soft drinks come close to breaking that rule: Pepsi One and Malta Goya....
Dr. Chalfin is one of the two Directors of "Center for Science in the Public Interest." They were the first to announce the dangers of 4-methylimidazole in 2011.
Dr. Lynn Silver Chalfin, Sonoma County's health officer (click here) for about a year and a half, announced her resignation this week in e-mails to co-workers and health care colleagues.
Silver Chalfin, 55, said Friday she was taking a public health job in the Bay Area but was not at liberty to disclose the position.
Dr. Chalfin is one of the two Directors of "Center for Science in the Public Interest." They were the first to announce the dangers of 4-methylimidazole in 2011.
Dr. Lynn Silver Chalfin, Sonoma County's health officer (click here) for about a year and a half, announced her resignation this week in e-mails to co-workers and health care colleagues.
Silver Chalfin, 55, said Friday she was taking a public health job in the Bay Area but was not at liberty to disclose the position.
“I love the county. It's an amazing place,” she said, adding that she hopes to collaborate with Sonoma County on health issues in the future.
Silver Chalfin's last day in the job that pays $202,555 a year will be Dec. 5.
Silver Chalfin said her departure has nothing to do with her strong advocacy for a controversial plan to put fluoride in most of the county's drinking water.
“I'm definitely not leaving because of fluoridation,” she said, calling it “an absolutely correct and important public health policy.”...
