The 5 Worst Food Additives Ever
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_Food Additives_. Say that ten times fast and the absurdity becomes even more obvious. If something truly is food, then why does it need any additives? There are plenty of excuses—from preservation to enhanced flavor—all equally as unfounded as the practice of adulterating food in the first place. Yet there seems to be no end in sight to the science of tinkering with food, even as research links more and more additives to health and environmental risks. Here are the worst offenders.