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USDA lab findings. EPA limits. Prop 65. Where the U.S. and E.U. disagree. Every post cited to source.

Pesticides/Residues/November 9, 2026
Dacthal (DCPA): EPA's first emergency pesticide suspension in nearly 40 years, and the tolerances it left on the books
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Pesticides/Residues/November 2, 2026
Ethylene oxide on spices: the EU forbids it as a food fumigant, EPA chose a phase-out
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Additives/Preservatives/October 26, 2026
Sucralose-6-acetate: a real genotoxic signal, a negative Ames test, and no regulator has weighed in
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Additives/Preservatives/October 19, 2026
Aspartame: the day IARC and JECFA looked at the same evidence and split
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Additives/Preservatives/October 12, 2026
Preservatives and cardiovascular risk: a large French cohort's hypertension and CVD signal
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Additives/Preservatives/October 11, 2026
Food Ingredients Banned or Restricted in the EU but Allowed in the US
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Additives/Preservatives/October 5, 2026
Texas Wants a Warning Label Saying Europe Won't Let You Eat Red 40. Europe Will.
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Additives/Preservatives/October 5, 2026
Nitrites in cured meat: a new cohort study and where regulators actually stand
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Additives/Preservatives/October 3, 2026
Erythritol Got a New EU Intake Limit in 2023. The US Still Has None.
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Colors/Dyes/September 28, 2026
FDA's voluntary dye-pledge tracker: which brands actually reformulated
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Contaminants/September 26, 2026
The federal patulin limit was written for apple juice. This recall was applesauce.
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Additives/Preservatives/September 21, 2026
BVO Was Given a Three-Year Pass in 1970. It Took the FDA Fifty-Four Years to Close It.
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Contaminants/September 14, 2026
A Federal Judge Ordered the FDA to Rule on "Forever Chemicals" in Food. It Said No.
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Contaminants/September 11, 2026
Summer 2026's food recall wave: what FDA and FSIS enforcement records actually show
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Colors/Dyes/September 11, 2026
Walmart's 2027 pledge to drop artificial colors from store brands, and As You Sow's tracking of who is actually backsliding
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Colors/Dyes/September 11, 2026
The 2026 state patchwork: Iowa, Louisiana, and Tennessee's school-food dye and additive laws
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Pesticides/Residues/September 11, 2026
A cumulative pesticide-exposure biomonitoring study: peer-reviewed, but EWG-authored
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Diet & Nutrition Science/September 11, 2026
Ultra-processed food litigation: Martinez v. Kraft Heinz and the SF City Attorney suit
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Diet & Nutrition Science/September 11, 2026
California's executive order on ultra-processed foods and dyes (Newsom, 2026)
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Additives/Preservatives/September 7, 2026
The Bread Additive Florida Just Subpoenaed General Mills Over
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Additives/Preservatives/September 6, 2026
USDA's Organic Board Voted to Remove This Ingredient. USDA Said No. Now It's Back a Third Time.
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Additives/Preservatives/September 5, 2026
Canada and the EU Banned This Dairy Hormone in 1999. Their Own Reviews Said It Was Safe to Drink.
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Contaminants/September 1, 2026
Europe Banned This Chemical From Food Packaging Last Year. The FDA's Own Safety Page Still Cites a Review From 2014.
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Additives/Preservatives/September 1, 2026
It Took a Federal Lawsuit to Get FDA to Answer a 2012 Petition on This Livestock Drug
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Colors/Dyes/August 31, 2026
Titanium Dioxide Is Banned in the EU. Britain Says That Was a Mistake.
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Pesticides/Residues/August 25, 2026
Spinach, Kale, and Strawberries Are Missing From the Government's Last Two Pesticide Reports
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Diet & Nutrition Science/August 25, 2026
The Seed Oil U-Turn Nobody Announced
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Additives/Preservatives/August 25, 2026
The FDA Wants To Stop Letting Companies Clear Their Own Ingredients
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Colors/Dyes/August 24, 2026
Europe Still Allows the Dye America Just Banned From Every Food
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Pesticides/Residues/August 21, 2026
A Federal Court Rejected EPA's "Not Likely" Finding on Glyphosate in 2022. EPA Still Hasn't Replaced It.
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Pesticides/Residues/August 21, 2026
The Legal Limit for Atrazine in Your Tap Water Hasn't Moved Since 1992. Three Other Numbers Just Did.
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Pesticides/Residues/August 21, 2026
USDA Tested Nearly 10,000 Foods for Pesticides Last Year. Two True Numbers Tell Two Different Stories.
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Additives/Preservatives/August 21, 2026
BHA Has Carried a Cancer-Hazard Listing Since 1991. The FDA Just Reviewed It for the First Time.
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Additives/Preservatives/August 17, 2026
California Set a 2027 Deadline for a Preservative Federal Regulators Still Call Safe
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Contaminants/August 14, 2026
The FDA Set Its First Lead Limit for Baby Food in 2025. Cadmium and Arsenic Still Don't Have One.
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Colors/Dyes/August 14, 2026
FDA Finalized the End of Orange B and Proposed the Same for Citrus Red No. 2
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Colors/Dyes/July 20, 2026
Is Red Dye 3 Banned? What the FDA Actually Ruled, and What's Still in Progress
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Pesticides/Residues/July 19, 2026
The EPA Banned This Pesticide in 2021. A Court Put It Back. It's Still Legal Today.
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Additives/Preservatives/July 19, 2026
The FDA Just Reopened the File on a Bread Additive It Called Safe
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Notes from the public record.

Dacthal (DCPA): EPA's first emergency pesticide suspension in nearly 40 years, and the tolerances it left on the books

Ethylene oxide on spices: the EU forbids it as a food fumigant, EPA chose a phase-out

Sucralose-6-acetate: a real genotoxic signal, a negative Ames test, and no regulator has weighed in

Aspartame: the day IARC and JECFA looked at the same evidence and split

Preservatives and cardiovascular risk: a large French cohort's hypertension and CVD signal

Food Ingredients Banned or Restricted in the EU but Allowed in the US

Texas Wants a Warning Label Saying Europe Won't Let You Eat Red 40. Europe Will.

Nitrites in cured meat: a new cohort study and where regulators actually stand

Erythritol Got a New EU Intake Limit in 2023. The US Still Has None.

FDA's voluntary dye-pledge tracker: which brands actually reformulated

The federal patulin limit was written for apple juice. This recall was applesauce.

BVO Was Given a Three-Year Pass in 1970. It Took the FDA Fifty-Four Years to Close It.

A Federal Judge Ordered the FDA to Rule on "Forever Chemicals" in Food. It Said No.

Summer 2026's food recall wave: what FDA and FSIS enforcement records actually show

Walmart's 2027 pledge to drop artificial colors from store brands, and As You Sow's tracking of who is actually backsliding

The 2026 state patchwork: Iowa, Louisiana, and Tennessee's school-food dye and additive laws

A cumulative pesticide-exposure biomonitoring study: peer-reviewed, but EWG-authored

Ultra-processed food litigation: Martinez v. Kraft Heinz and the SF City Attorney suit

California's executive order on ultra-processed foods and dyes (Newsom, 2026)

The Bread Additive Florida Just Subpoenaed General Mills Over

USDA's Organic Board Voted to Remove This Ingredient. USDA Said No. Now It's Back a Third Time.

Canada and the EU Banned This Dairy Hormone in 1999. Their Own Reviews Said It Was Safe to Drink.

Europe Banned This Chemical From Food Packaging Last Year. The FDA's Own Safety Page Still Cites a Review From 2014.

It Took a Federal Lawsuit to Get FDA to Answer a 2012 Petition on This Livestock Drug

Titanium Dioxide Is Banned in the EU. Britain Says That Was a Mistake.

Spinach, Kale, and Strawberries Are Missing From the Government's Last Two Pesticide Reports

The Seed Oil U-Turn Nobody Announced

The FDA Wants To Stop Letting Companies Clear Their Own Ingredients

Europe Still Allows the Dye America Just Banned From Every Food

A Federal Court Rejected EPA's "Not Likely" Finding on Glyphosate in 2022. EPA Still Hasn't Replaced It.

The Legal Limit for Atrazine in Your Tap Water Hasn't Moved Since 1992. Three Other Numbers Just Did.

USDA Tested Nearly 10,000 Foods for Pesticides Last Year. Two True Numbers Tell Two Different Stories.

BHA Has Carried a Cancer-Hazard Listing Since 1991. The FDA Just Reviewed It for the First Time.

California Set a 2027 Deadline for a Preservative Federal Regulators Still Call Safe

The FDA Set Its First Lead Limit for Baby Food in 2025. Cadmium and Arsenic Still Don't Have One.

FDA Finalized the End of Orange B and Proposed the Same for Citrus Red No. 2

Is Red Dye 3 Banned? What the FDA Actually Ruled, and What's Still in Progress

The EPA Banned This Pesticide in 2021. A Court Put It Back. It's Still Legal Today.

The FDA Just Reopened the File on a Bread Additive It Called Safe