Food additive titanium dioxide likely has more toxic effects than thought, study finds

[KY_EnviroGuy]

11. TiO2 is also used to whiten paper products. Possibly in food packaging?

I know it's used to provide ultra-white color properties for "slick" magazine and newsprint pages, so there's a potential for it being an additive for food packaging. I did not see that possibility mentioned in either of the articles.

I hope these organizations check for TiO2 content in fast food packaging, especially Chinese take-out containers. I believe a lot of America's food packaging product are now made overseas and probably with little or no controls.

I ran into TiO2 as an air pollution control systems field service engineer back in the 90s. The damn stuff built up on precipitator discharge electrode nail tips in a form that looked like golf balls and was almost impossible to remove!

KY