How Safe is Food Containing Titanium Oxide?

We need more Information to Establish Safety Profile for Titanium Oxide

Titanium Oxide is being increasingly used in food processing industry, but its safety profile is not fully proven yet. Just because we still do not have enough evidence to show that it may be harmful is not a reason to be complacent about it. With industrial and commercial interests often predominating the deliberations over safety profile of food products, it is important to raise awareness.

Anatase: A Mineral Form of Titanium Oxide

Many of us have already been using it, perhaps without knowing what it is. Like all food additives, often consumers know little about such additives or their potential adverse effects, including the possibility of their carcinogenic potential.

What is Ragweed Allergy and What are its Symptoms?

Facts about Ragweed Allergy

Ragweed Allergy is one of the most common mass weed allergies in the world and particularly common in the United States, where it affects 30 to 40 million people. For these people affected by Ragweed allergy, the period from late spring up to the end of summer is often a difficult period as during this period they often begin to have a variable degree of symptoms of Ragweed Allergy, often labelled Hay Fever, which can adversely affect the quality of life and even lead to absence from work, apart from requiring medical attention and treatment.

Ambrosia Psilostachya: A Common Ragweed

What is Ragweed Allergy? 

Ragweed is allergy or hypersensitivity that certain individuals have towards a group of plants belonging to the Ambrosia species, which are commonly known as ragweed, bitterweed or bloodweed. 

These plants are one of the most common and widespread weeds, particularly in the United States. There are at least 41 species of Ragweed within the Ambrosia family, which are spread all over the world. By nature, these are very sturdy plants with enormous tendency to survive, which makes their control extremely difficult and challenging. Even if the whole plant is cut an inch above the ground, it will usually grow back very quickly. They also have a tendency to grow widely in open uncultivated areas, roadsides and fields, and equally affect rural as well as urban areas.