Talk:Sodium benzoate

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The cancer concernes are new for me and the mechanism seams not likely produce big amounts of benzene. The amount in air by gasoline is huge. The amount and the source for this should be given !--Stone 17:10, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

KOMOLPRASERT V, HARGRAVES WA, ARMSTRONG DJ DETERMINATION OF BENZENE RESIDUES IN RECYCLED POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE (PETE) BY DYNAMIC HEADSPACE GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 11 (5): 605-614 SEP-OCT 1994

Suggests also a possible contamination by the PETE bottle itself!--Stone 12:15, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Healthly or Not?

Not Healthy

Before my edit

"Health officials warn that excessive consumption can seriously damage your health."

OR

Healthly

"Some believe the limit is 0.1% because larger amounts are poisonous.  However, the International Programme on Chemical Safety found no adverse effects in humans at doses of 647-825 mg/kg of body weight per day.[2-3]"

The latter has a citation, whereas the the former does not. I don't know which is correct. Expert Needed! JohnJohn 05:35, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

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