Potential dangerous food additives have been verified

[] Message: artificial coloring, preservatives and other additives are common in children's favorite candy, drinks and processed food. United Kingdom the guardian 8, reported that about children's food additive "flooding" of the United Kingdom experts study found that the food additive easily lead to a variety of behavioral anomalies in children, the children mental and physical health detriment; this study results publicly available, many children's food may be from the children's dinner table removed.

Deactivate all child benefit

Should United Kingdom food standards agency requirements, the United Kingdom Southampton researchers early in the year 2000 was the first survey to food, food additives and found food additives on children have adverse effects that result in poor children's Moody, attention and hyperactivity and allergies, and other reactions, this study is referred to as the "White Island studies".

Report says: "avoid artificial pigments and food additives can make a significant change in the child's behavior occurs, there is hyperactivity not only enables and allergy risk child benefit and benefit all children. ”

After the publication of the report, the United Kingdom food standards agency has been concerned about children's consumption of food additives. But the food standards agency affiliated food chemical components toxicity Committee announced in 2002, a study of the "White Island" conclusion does not have a "decisive", because the medical experts in the relevant studies have found child behavior disorders and intake of food additives by direct contact. Food Standards Agency therefore decided to form the expert group, restart the survey research to arrive at a definitive conclusion.

In the beginning of this year's study, the experts surveyed food additive type and content of the assessment of each child, intake of artificial pigments and preservatives, verify that food additives the content and the links between children's behavior.

The guardian, March 20, food chemical components toxicity Committee held a secret meeting to discuss new research findings. Food standards agency and the research team leader Jim · Stevenson said that research results are first published in academic journals, then announced to the public. This is the published new research results from academia, the public need to wait several months to know the final results.

Potential risks have been verified

In new studies, a 3-year-old respectively detect and 8, 9-year-old child food preservatives and artificial pigment content, including by detection of pigment, sunset yellow, TARTRAZINE, quinoline yellow, bright red, red acid red, temptation, preservatives for sodium benzene (a).

These additives are used by United Kingdom and the European food safety authority to ratify, in the United Kingdom for sale of food, but in general use in the Nordic countries are prohibited from use. Some children's rights in the Organization of the United States also calls for the cessation of the use of these additives. They say, avoid artificial coloring and other food additives, the children's capacity has improved significantly.

Food standards agency additives and behavior working group of experts Vivian · Howard said, new research results should be made public as soon as possible, because it is of great significance to public health. "Biologically, food additives may have an impact on the human body. When you wait for the results of the unknown, you can choose not to allow your child to touch those things. Those additives has no nutritional value, I personally wouldn't give me a 15-month-old daughter eat that kind of thing. "Howard said.

Howard colleague Alex · Richardson believes that the potential danger of additives have been verified, on the "White Island" describes the problem, if new research on the same conclusions, it should alert the additives on child health, combat child continue to intake of such substances.