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BHA/BHT in human foods? blehh!!

  
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Abby NPC ~- CGC, TDI

Ban Breed- Specific- Legislation
 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 12:40pm PST 
NO WAY NOT BEER!!!! Mom's gonna have a nervous breakdown!laugh out loud
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Falon

Not a- killer...get- over it.		 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 3:55pm PST 
So I guess the things saying it's "banned for human consumption" isn't true. Maybe it's not that bad after all. I mean, there aren't any studies saying it's bad in the amounts found in food....
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Sedona

The Wise Cracker
 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 4:56pm PST 
It's not banned in North America but it's banned in a lot of countries.
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Butterball-I- m adoptable!

Im ADOPTABLE!!!		 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 5:15pm PST 
Falon, I think you are thinking of Ethoxyquin, which is often mentioned with BHT/BHA and is I believe banned. Funny how other countries ban stuff that we still shove in our food......sigh
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Maddy

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Barked: Wed May 7, '08 5:29pm PST 
It's like the bisphenol A stuff in plastic bottles. The one's with a 7 and PC on the bottom. If Canada hadn't gone public with their health concerns leading to a ban, the American companies may not have decided to do anything about it. The 7 PC bottles are all over the place. Baby bottles, Nalgene, some soda bottles, etc.
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Barkley- Orville - SD

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Barked: Wed May 7, '08 6:38pm PST 
Probably stupid question, what is BHA/BHT and what does it do to you???shruglaugh out loud
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Sedona

The Wise Cracker
 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 7:19pm PST 
Butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and the related compound butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) are phenolic compounds that are often added to foods to preserve fats.

BHA and BHT retards rancidity in fats, oils, and oil-containing foods. While some studies indicate it is safe, other studies demonstrate that it causes cancer in rats, mice, and hamsters. Those cancers are controversial because they occur in the forestomach, an organ that humans do not have. However, a chemical that causes cancer in at least one organ in three different species indicates that it might be carcinogenic in humans. That is why the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services considers BHA to be “reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen.” Nevertheless, the Food and Drug Administration still permits BHA to be used in foods. This synthetic chemical can be replaced by safer chemicals (e.g., vitamin E), safer processes (e.g., packing foods under nitrogen instead of air), or can simply be left out (many brands of oily foods, such as potato chips, don’t use any antioxidant).

http://www.feingold.org/bht.html
http://www.cspinet.org/reports /chemcuisine.htm
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Barkley- Orville - SD

Service Dog In- Action!
 
 
Barked: Wed May 7, '08 7:30pm PST 
Oh laugh out loud Mom just checked and her Cheetos do not carry that ingreadeant! She is happy!big laughbig laugh
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Shadow NPC,- MDM

Ban the Deed - Not the Breed
 
 
Barked: Thu May 8, '08 6:50am PST 
YEA! It's not in Cheetos! Those are mom's favorite too, next to beer!laugh out loud
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Buddy

I'm a silly- sticker head! :D
 
 
Barked: Thu May 8, '08 9:42am PST 
I just had this same exact revelation about 2 weeks ago when I was getting down my trusty wheeties to eat instead of icecream. I read the ingredients for the first time after eating them for like 10 years. Yepp, BHT. I told my parents and we haven't bought them since. My mom wasn't sure exactly what it was and the best way I could describe it to her was.... "Well, they don't even put it in dog food." laugh out loud That was enough.
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