Crude oil-derived substances in the candy have been linked to health problems—and the regulations that have allowed their use in the US are now in Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s crosshairs.
I’m not sure what your overall point is. The post is about how those things contain a petroleum-based product that’s been found to be unhealthy. You said there are lots of petroleum-based products and they aren’t bad for you. I posted a link saying that these ones are, and you asked how that contradicted you.
It didn’t seem necessary to say unhealthy things made from crude oil. This is an area that I’m not super knowledgeable, so I went looking. It turns out that the jury is out on whether any of the petroleum-based additives are safe. Even the ubiquitous propylene glycol is getting more scrutiny now, though partly because it’s in so many things that people are commonly ingesting more than the levels generally regarded as safe.
How does that contradict what i said?
I’m not sure what your overall point is. The post is about how those things contain a petroleum-based product that’s been found to be unhealthy. You said there are lots of petroleum-based products and they aren’t bad for you. I posted a link saying that these ones are, and you asked how that contradicted you.
So tell me again what your initial point was?
Your comment reads as if you think things made from ‘crude oil’ is ‘unhealthy’.
It didn’t seem necessary to say unhealthy things made from crude oil. This is an area that I’m not super knowledgeable, so I went looking. It turns out that the jury is out on whether any of the petroleum-based additives are safe. Even the ubiquitous propylene glycol is getting more scrutiny now, though partly because it’s in so many things that people are commonly ingesting more than the levels generally regarded as safe.