Apparently everything causes cancer these days (click here to read about how caramel color found in pop can kill you). This shouldn’t be a huge surprise to the world since almost everyone is GETTING cancer these days. Are we going to just kill ourselves off as a species? Or will people start to give a damn about what they eat and drink? When will we stop exposing ourselves to so many toxins?
I don’t think I’m a very paranoid person; I’m not very OCD about anything. But reading something new everyday about how what I’ve been eating and drinking for the past 26 years is going to kill me, well that’s just depressing.
Recently, California added caramel coloring to its list of "chemicals known to the state to cause cancer," noting that "levels above 16 micrograms per day pose a significant risk." (See a pdf of the list here.) A can of cola contains 130 micrograms—a little less than ten times the daily allotment—says CSPI.
I’m getting to the point where I don’t want to eat anything anymore. I feel like my only option is to move to a farm and grow my own food or just submit to society and eat the crap the government says is ok. Cincinnati needs to catch up with cities like San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, etc. We need more healthy options and more locally grown produce stores (not just in the summer at the farmer’s market). We need options year round. Until then, I’ll be shopping at Trader Joes, eating as many organic whole foods as I can get my hands on.
Seriously though, I’m tried of reading about how everything we ingest is going to kill us. Maybe I should read less! (yeah...riiiight).
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