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FSA blamed over additives
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
26 September 2007
A leading expert on toxicity in food has urged nurseries, their staff and parents to protest to the Food Standards Agency after it refused to ban chemical additives linked to hyperactivity in children last week.
Professor Erik Millstone from the University of Sussex accused the FSA of 'disgraceful behaviour' for its failure to act after research from Southampton University showed a clear link between artificial colourings and behavioural problems in children. After attending last Thursday's FSA board meeting as an observer, he said, 'From the point of view of parents whose children go to nurseries and the staff working in...
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