{"id":33150,"date":"2013-01-24T00:32:20","date_gmt":"2013-01-24T00:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=33150"},"modified":"2013-01-24T00:32:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-24T00:32:20","slug":"article_26936","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/article_26936\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Chemicals Most Countries Ban Still Permitted in US Foods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">For related articles and more information, please visit OCA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/foodsafety.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Food Safety Research Center page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spawned by a petition calling on Gatorade to remove a flame retardant from their sports drink, the<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Chicago Tribune<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2013-01-21\/health\/ct-met-banned-food-practices-20130121_1_safety-of-food-additives-fda-bvo\">released an investigation<\/a> into the chemical ingredients that the United States and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are permitting despite frequent bans elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi 15-year-old, Sarah Kavanagh, launched the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/petitions\/gatorade-don-t-put-flame-retardant-chemicals-in-sports-drinks?utm_source=share_petition&amp;utm_medium=url_share&amp;utm_campaign=url_share_before_sign\">Change.org petition<\/a> after learning that Gatorade contains an emulsifier, brominated vegetable oil (or BVO), which is illegal to use as a food additive in the European Union, India, Nepal, Canada, Brazil and Japan because of its connection to reproductive and behavior problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the U.S. money rules and industry wields a lot of influence and that&#8217;s how it has been for a while,&#8221; said Michael Hansen, senior scientist at the Consumers Union, &#8220;but in Europe they take into serious consideration what their population wants, too. 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