• FiveMacs
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    2 years ago

    If it’s so bad…

    used as a food additive and typically found in processed meats

    GO AFTER THE DAMN COMPANIES ADDING THIS SHIT TO OUR FOOD

    Once again, rules for thee but not for multi billionaires and their companies of destruction

    • @Saraphim@lemmy.world
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      12 years ago

      You know that it’s baking soda right ? A totally normal thing everyone has in their house. But too much of anything can be toxic. This in particular.

    • President Camacho
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      2 years ago

      The chemical isn’t the problem, it’s the dose. For instance, people have died from drinking too much water.

      Sodium nitrite is used in cured meats to prevent botulism. I use half a teaspoon for 10 pounds of meat when I make sausage. It’s safe enough, at least, safer than botulism. Those people ingested way more to kill themselves, fully aware of the consequences.

      It’s a tool. Like any tool, it can be used to harm, like knives, hammers or ropes. If we had to outlaw everything that could kill us, we wouldn’t have much left … Including water.

      • FiveMacs
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        12 years ago

        Those people ingested way more to kill themselves, fully aware of the consequences.

        No harm done then.