Consumers are exposed to hundreds of chemicals in food every day. The health risks add up over time. A 1958 law requires FDA to weigh these combined effects. The agency took no notable enforcement action until this year. Read the new report from Consumer Reports & Environmental Defense Fund:
Disease by a Thousand Cuts: The Cumulative Effects of Chemicals in FoodHow chemicals get into your food and combine to harm your health — and what a 1958 law requires the FDA to do about their cumulative effects.advocacy.consumerreports.org