ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Europe@feddit.deEnglish · 11 months agoEU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer productswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1195arrow-down10
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minus-squareletmesleep@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoNaCl is “toxic”. Salt (mostly the sodium/Na in it) is linked to quite a few health issues. https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt-and-sodium/ That’s the issue here: It’s always the dosage that makes the poison.
minus-squarenakal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoHmm… it is probably not toxic in traditional sense. Otherwise everything can be dangerous, even water. Also some people noted that general products are in focus here, not only food. This is a subtle but huge difference.
NaCl is “toxic”. Salt (mostly the sodium/Na in it) is linked to quite a few health issues.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/salt-and-sodium/
That’s the issue here: It’s always the dosage that makes the poison.
Hmm… it is probably not toxic in traditional sense. Otherwise everything can be dangerous, even water.
Also some people noted that general products are in focus here, not only food. This is a subtle but huge difference.