Brominated vegetable oil, which is used in some fruit-flavored drinks, is potentially harmful for humans.

The FDA said it had concluded that BVO was not safe for use after the results of studies, it conducted in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, found the potential for adverse effects in humans.

The agency had first proposed to revoke the regulation in November 2023. According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, BVO was banned in the UK in 1970, followed by India in 1990, the EU in 2008 and Japan in 2010.

  • @FadesEnglish
    13•6 months ago

    Why do these fuckers get to just shove literally anything out there and only pull it once a regulatory body forces it out??? (BTW thanks Supreme Court for neutering said regulatory body 🖕)

    WHY aren’t we forcing all this shit to be proven safe first

    • geekwithsoulEnglish
      14•6 months ago

      The best part:

      In 1970, the FDA had concluded that its use in food was not generally recognized as safe because of toxicity concerns

      So they knew it was likely not safe, gave the food manufacturers 50 years to find a substitute and then banned it.

      • @return2ozmaOPEnglish
        2•6 months ago

        That part. Holy crap! Talk about profit over human life.

    • @ClentEnglish
      9•6 months ago

      That’s how these chemicals have always operated.

      They can do whatever they want until it’s proven harmful. Time after time they’ve done internal studies showing the shit is toxic and they bury it.

      Never any criminals charges, maybe some financial compensation after long court battle but never more than they profit.

      Capitalism only works by externalizing these costs. They want you to believe, need you to believe it’s not a zero sum game but it’s not. It’s just these externalities.

      Monetary policy doesn’t get to defy the laws of the universe, profit doesn’t come from the ether.

      We pay with our health and our lives.

      And it’s never acceptable to say this is not a good system, we have to propose an immediate alternative or we’re pigeonholed as a communist or whatever the capitalist limited mind is stuck on. Like a Christian assuming one either worships Christ or Satan because it’s unfathomable to choose neither. We are living through a capitalist inquisition.