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Article: Carrageenan: response. (Correspondence).
- Article from:
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
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It is difficult to recognize a wolf in sheep's clothing. This seems to be the situation with regard to carrageenan.
In response to a letter to EHP from Phil Carthew, I commented on some of the data used for the recent Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) review to which Kirsch refers (1,2). I found the JECFA conclusions disconcerting in view of the available evidence. Previously, the JECFA considered modification of their recommendation about carrageenan to include a minimum average molecular weight (3,4).
Extensive experimental data have demonstrated that a) degraded carrageenan produces neoplasms and ulcerations in animal models; b) ...