Kids and food additives

Post by **vison** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 5:53 pm

http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/foo ... 24,00.html

Post by **Maria** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 9:43 pm

the article wrote:Popular drinks and sweets that still contain one or more of the named additives include Diet Coke, Irn-Bru, Orangina, Refreshers and Skittles

I'm going to have to warn my kids. They love skittles.

Post by **Lily Rose** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 4:32 am

Surprise, surprise...
Common sense would tell you that all of this artificial crap that they keep adding to our food couldn't possibly be good for you.

Talking about unpleasant chemicals, I read an article in a magazine, today that said that the chlorine used in pool water damages the lining of the lungs.

Post by **vison** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:14 am

You want to be really creeped out? Look into the lead contamination of our children.

If you think those toys from China are the only problems with lead, you are sadly mistaken.

Post by **Lily Rose** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:43 pm

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articl ... id=1626429

This is not the same article that I saw yesterday, but it has all of the same information. [/url]

Post by **Crucifer** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:08 pm

*is grateful that only really had wooden toys as a child*

I had a train set as well...

Post by **Maria** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:11 pm

Chlorine damages lung linings??? My youngest daughter is a lifeguard and has complained before that high chlorine levels at the indoor pool makes it hard to breath while she's on stand.

Post by **axordil** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 7:27 pm

Well, pure chlorine gas is classed as a chemical weapon (although it's not a very effective one). It's mildly (but only mildly) surprising that it's hazardous at the levels in an indoor pool area.

Post by **Lily Rose** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 3:58 pm

I was not amused, because all of my step-daughters have asthma and they spend all kinds of time in a chlorinated pool over the summer.

Post by **axordil** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:26 pm

Outdoor or indoor? You would think outdoors it wouldn't be as much of an issue--ventilation isn't an issue and I believe indoor pools just use more of the stuff.

Post by **Sunsilver** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:36 pm

I swim in swimming pools once in a blue moon, because I am super-sensitive to the chlorine, and know I am going to suffer afterwards. I try to limit the damage by wearing goggles or even a face mask, if they will allow it.

As a kid, I had to stop swimming in pools at all after a number of ear infections. (Nope, it did not seem to be the cause of my hearing loss...)

Post by **Lily Rose** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 4:45 pm

It is an outdoor pool, so hopefully it won't be so bad. However, kids do manage to swallow half the pool while they are swimming.
I am concerned about it because they all already have asthma not to mention allergies and a thousand other health issues.

Post by **truehobbit** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:16 am

It's still much preferable to catching typhoid, I think.

I don't think that swallowing the chlorine is a problem for the lungs. I guess it's true you can have too much of it, but if you are sensitive to it, you should swim in a lake or so instead of a swimming pool.