Food Additives and Child Health

Details

• Personal Author:
  Sathyanarayana S ; Shaffer RM ; Trasande L
• Description:
  Increasing scientific evidence suggests potential adverse effects on children's health from synthetic chemicals used as food additives, both those deliberately added to food during processing (direct) and those used in materials that may contaminate food as part of packaging or manufacturing (indirect). Concern regarding food additives has increased in the past 2 decades in part because of studies that increasingly document endocrine disruption and other adverse health effects. In some cases, exposure to these chemicals is disproportionate among minority and low-income populations. This report focuses on those food additives with the strongest scientific evidence for concern. Further research is needed to study effects of exposure over various points in the life course, and toxicity testing must be advanced to be able to better identify health concerns prior to widespread population exposure. The accompanying policy statement describes approaches policy makers and pediatricians can take to prevent the disease and disability that are increasingly being identified in relation to chemicals used as food additives, among other uses. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Children Endocrine Function Food Additives Food Colors Food Contaminants Health Effects Policy
• ISSN:
  0031-4005
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 2 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  142
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055700
• Citation:
  Pediatrics 2018 Aug; 142(2):e20181410
• Contact Point Address:
  Leonardo Trasande, MD, MPP, FAAP, Pediatrics, Environmental Medicine, and Health Policy, School of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York
• Email:
  Leonardo.Trasande@nyumc.org
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  New York University School of Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20170701
• Source Full Name:
  Pediatrics
• End Date:
  20210630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:14a28fa5780e5f9901a8bc8bcea9d84e923ec2b51a3e927e08899f7d29701f3b12ee790cf40ece890ad6e84015d979186478aa2db4c683068bd3290a520a19f2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/213488/cdc_213488_DS1.pdf
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