Posted on 04/05/2024 12:43:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
For people avoiding caffeine, decaf coffee seems like a harmless option. But some health advocacy groups that argue otherwise are petitioning the US Food and Drug Administration to ban a key chemical involved in the decaffeination process due to cancer concerns.
That chemical is methylene chloride, a colorless liquid that’s used in certain industrial processes, “including paint stripping, pharmaceutical manufacturing, paint remover manufacturing, and metal cleaning and degreasing,” according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Methylene chloride has long been known to be a carcinogen, designated as such by the National Institutes of Health’s National Toxicology Program, the Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization, said Dr. Maria Doa, senior director of chemical policy for the Environmental Defense Fund, one of five groups and individuals behind two food and color additive petitions sent to the FDA in November.
The FDA filed the petitions to its docket for consideration on December 21 and accepted public comments on the filing notice through March 11.
“ In addition to being carcinogenic, methylene chloride can cause other health harms, such as liver toxicity and at higher exposures neurological effects, and in some cases death,” Doa added via email. These risks are in the context of external acute exposure to high levels of the chemical, or ingestion of the chemical on its own, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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“...I give her some crunchies or she bites.”
Get a squirt gun loaded with water. She comes at you, right between the eyes. Won’t hurt anything but her feelings and she gets over the bite thing after a while. Domestic cats hate to be wet.
wy69
I once bought decaffeinated coffee by mistake.
Drank a few cups and decided to toss the coffee out.
It made me feel very strange. The taste was ok but it affected me negatively. Now I make sure I buy real wholesome coffee.
Drinking decaf is like kissing’ your sister!
Been drinking GEVALIA the last 4 years...Great coffee for us coffee lovers
My can of decaf says 100% coffee. Nothing is noted about methylene chloride. FDA allows coffee companies to lie to the American Public again. Time to shut these worthless people down.
Good idea, but this cat mama has such a soft heart, I hate to ruin her act.
I keep telling her, “You’re the worst cat in the universe, but I love you anyway.”
Actually, if she were a good kitty for a day, I’d take her to the vet to see what’s wrong.
Decaf coffee is as stupid as alcohol-free beer. Why bother to learn to tolerate the taste only to throw out the chief benefit?
But why does decaf always smell like cat pee?
It is just salt and lemon but it sounds scary doesn't it.
“...if she were a good kitty for a day...”
I think cats are great as they are so much smarter than we are. I think they occassionally act good just to confuse us for the humor in it and/or get a treat maybe for their efforts. Next they will be taking us for a walk on a leash.
wy69
“...if she were a good kitty for a day...”
I think cats are great as they are so much smarter than we are. I think they occassionally act good just to confuse us for the humor in it and/or get a treat maybe for their efforts. Next they will be taking us for a walk on a leash.
wy69
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