What if the most “normal” items in your grocery cart are actually closer to a science experiment than real food? Bright ...

Over 100 chemicals of unknown safety were secretly added to foods and supplements without notifying the public or the FDA, a new investigation found.

Every week, millions of Americans push shopping carts down brightly lit grocery store aisles without realizing they may be ...

Researchers say they've identified 168 chemicals that may affect gut bacteria, substances that people can encounter in a range of everyday environments. Experts from the University of Cambridge ...

A slice of red velvet cake with red sprinkles. The US Food and Drug Administration is reevaluating the safety of red no. 3 dye in food. Credit: Shutterstock The US Food and Drug Administration is ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for the nation’s top health post, has vowed to “get the chemicals out” of America’s food amid mounting concerns over the health effects of ...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) has reintroduced the Toxic Free Food Act, legislation designed to address longstanding gaps in the regulatory oversight of food chemicals. This bill seeks to ensure that ...

All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. First came the 2024 University of California, Berkeley study that ...

The question isn’t as silly as it sounds. The miraculous substances that suffuse our daily lives are not one material but many, differing wildly in look, feel and function, from the materials in Saran ...

Unknown chemicals are a particular problem in laboratories. Mysterious chemicals often hide in labs for years before lab personnel notice the unidentified items. However, steps can be taken to rectify ...

Nations must start testing and regulating chemicals and chemical products as closely as the current systems that safeguard prescription drugs or risk rising rates of chronic illnesses among children, ...