[Mikeod]

There are a few things that bother me about articles like this one.

1. They are based on the assumption that if another country does or doesn't do something that the U.S. doesn't or does do, that the other country is right and the U.S. is wrong. I am not saying the U.S. is always right, but I am saying it is not always wrong. There may be very valid reasons these things are not banned here.

2. Some articles quote studies that "suggest" an additive or substance "may" be linked to an undesirable outcome. But these need further studies to either confirm the suspicion or disprove it. Think of the studies that suggested a connection between a childhood vaccine and Autism that have been disproved by later studies.

3. I also see articles that contain scientific nonsense. Such as ranting about bromine being a dangerous chemical. Certainly elemental bromine is a dangerous chemical, but when bonded to other chemicals may be harmless. For example, sodium is a dangerous chemical in elemental form as is chlorine gas (Think of WWI trench warfare.) but when bonded together as sodium chloride, they become table salt. And they are not going to spontaneously split into dangerous chemicals.

So I tend to take articles like this with a grain of salt (no pun intended) and look for validation by controlled, scientific studies (plural intended).