Food Regulations Fda

The Government of the United States should have more regulations on the FDA (food and drug administration) as Well as enforce laws to lessen the additives that majority of foods contain while they are processed. Also, get rid of cheap and quick production, which is not only harming us but also causing major pollution to our environment. These foods are not naturally produced, instead they are being pumped with chemicals of every sort, these foods are the ones responsible for a lot of major chronic diseases that are happening currently within our nation such as cancer, coronary heart disease diabetes and they are even responsible for the rate of obesity increasing in America. It seems like we live in a nation where greed and ambition has …show more content…
Some of these being cause by the additives that are added to all the processed food we are consuming day by day. Another reason why the government should take a huge input and make more regulations to the FDA in order to have them control what we put In our bodies is this According to Joanna Blythman who wrote an article about unsafe chemicals used in processed foods, she states various reasons why these additives should be removed to the processing of our foods. These health concerns are due to and varied from additive to additive. Sulfites (sulphur dioxide, sodium bi-sulphide) for instance which is used in dried fruits and many wines can cause allergic reactions even the leading it death in some other sensitive individuals. Also it has been revealed that in diffuse rent studies rats and mice suggest that the preservative propyl gallate, which is found in savory foods, bakery items and chewing gums, causes cancer. It is extremely shocking to find that we all could, unwittingly, have been eating the carcinogenic food coloring, Sudan 1. Yet many of us are concerned as to why cancer rates and other chronic diseases rates are going up by the day, while the government is allowing these additives to be legal, why is it that to this day the government has yet to at least help some of the organizations that take a huge stand against food processing and what not. Anything with the word flavoring is known to have adverse reactions in some people, causing everything from depression of the central nervous system to bronchial, eye and skin irritation. Some of three components have also been shown to be carcinogenic in lab