people worldwide who consume fizzy drinks. They will also intensify the controversy about food additives, which have been linked to hyperactivity in Concerns centre on the safety of E211, known as sodium benzoate, a industry. Sodium benzoate derives from benzoic acid.
It occurs naturally in berries, but is used in large quantities to prevent mould in soft drinks such as Sprite, Oasis and Dr Pepper. It is also added to pickles and sauces. when mixed with the additive vitamin C in soft drinks, it causes benzene, a carcinogenic substance.
A Food Standards Agency survey of benzene in drinks Now, an expert in ageing at Sheffield University, who has been working on sodium benzoate since publishing a research paper in 1999, has decided to speak out about another danger. Professor Peter Piper, a professor of molecular biology and biotechnology, tested the impact of sodium benzoate on living yeast cells in his laboratory. What he found alarmed him: the malfunction very seriously.
And there is a whole array of diseases that are neuro-degenerative diseases, but above all the whole process of ageing. and it has been approved by the European Union but last night, MPs called Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat chair of Parliament's all-party long-term impact cannot be certain. This preservative clearly needs to be investigated further by the FSA.
concluded that it was safe, but it noted that the available science Professor Piper, whose work has been funded by a government research council, said tests conducted by the US Food and Drug Administration were complete safe, he said. By the criteria of modern safety testing, the safety tests were inadequate. Like all things, safety testing moves forward ago.
until the quantities in products were proved safe by new tests. My concern is for children who are drinking large amounts, he said. benzoate.
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