Additives 'Cocktail' effect is neurotoxic to children, studies confirm

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Additives 'Cocktail' effect is neurotoxic to children,

Studies confirm.

2006:

"Specific combinations of additives can have a neurotoxic effect."

A three-year study, on the effects of four common food additives, Soil Association, 2006

2007:

Food Standards Agency (FSA) reviews results of further independent research carried out on the effect of food additives on children, which also confirmed the link between hyperactive behaviour and the 'cocktail' effect of certain additives. They recommended that only parents of hyperactive children should consider reducing food additives in their diet.

2008:

Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum says that "Food Standards Agency (FSA) should ban E-numbers and chemical additives that have been shown in published research to over-stimulate children's brains and cause hyperactivity".

Following this latest report, the Soil Association has told the FSA that this advice is "totally inadequate", and accused it of "failing to act in the public interest". Emma Hockridge, Soil Association campaigner, said: "The Soil Association supports the Parliamentary Forum's call that the FSA recommend the Government bans the use of suspect, non-essential food additives. By taking this robust role, the FSA would be fulfilling its duty to protect public health."

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