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Chlorine
Level 4 — Significant concernsIn Winter's Dictionary
Chlorine is a preservative — Used in water disinfection, manufacture of carbon tetrachloride, sanitizing fresh produce
What it does
Used in water disinfection, manufacture of carbon tetrachloride, sanitizing fresh produce
Where you'll see it
Drinking water, fresh-cut vegetables
What the research says
May contain carcinogenic compounds (toluene, xylene, styrene). National Cancer Institute 1987 study linked bladder cancer to people drinking chlorinated surface water >40 years. Powerful irritant, fatal upon inhalation, military poison gas.
Regulatory status
- US FDA: ASP
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): A National Cancer Institute study published in 1987 linked bladder cancer to people who had been drinking chlorinated surface water for more than forty years