This completely revised edition of the 1975 classic puts into perspective statements now being made about the adverse effects of food additives, from food colours to stabilizers. Concerns about the use of pesticides are also examined, including the Alar apples scare in the USA in 1989.
The authors show that worries concerning additives are totally unfounded and flight to "natural" products 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.
Elizabeth M. Whelan, a public health specialist, is president of the American Council on Science and Health. Fredrick J. Stare is professor emeritus of nutrition and founder of Harvard University's Department of Nutrition.
210 pages Publication 7th January 1993
ISBN 0-87975-732-9
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