Talk:Brominated vegetable oil

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[edit] Egypt?

What's this bit about Egypt? What's the source? I'm inclined not to believe it due to its awkward placement and uncapitalised "e" in Egypt.--Dustin Asby 00:54, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Health risks

I don't think the health risks should be stated so bluntly with only one case study to support them. This reads like an overreaction to a food additive. OngoingCivilUnrest 06:08, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

• Concurred. And the bromine-displaces-iodine comment is either irrelevant or severely in need of relevancy/context. As it stands, tt sounds like a gross over-generalization of SN2 reactions. Except the major (and maybe even only) iodine-containing compounds in humans are aryl, so not susceptible to SN2 reactions. Would need a cite that the pathway that bromide competitively blocks iodide on Thyroid peroxidase. DMacks 11:11, 22 January 2007 (UTC)