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KY_EnviroGuy

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11. TiO2 is also used to whiten paper products. Possibly in food packaging?
Fri Jun 6, 2025, 12:36 PM
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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

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We're finally getting to the microbiological level bucolic_frolic Friday #1
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Totally agree DENVERPOPS Friday #4
It's a bright white, opaque pigment. patphil Friday #3
Yet another reason to avoid processed food-like substances, and to cook & eat directly from basic food. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #10
Can it be smoked? wolfie001 Friday #5
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I guess that's the chemical reaction wolfie001 Friday #15
Luckily nowforever Friday #6
"What are "food hormones?" Are you referring to hormones in the body that are involved in the digestion and processing Martin68 Friday #7
The poster is not the writer so skip the "you". Food hormones are hormones released in response to food intake. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Friday #9
So the answer is "yes?" Martin68 Friday #14
TiO2 is also used to whiten paper products. Possibly in food packaging? KY_EnviroGuy Friday #11
Toxic food additive Dave Id Friday #12
TiO2 titanium dioxide lonely bird Friday #13
Why are they a problem in nonstick ceramic pans? quaint Friday #16
The EU uses a rather different basis or decisions. Igel Friday #17
Thank God it's not zinc oxide. LudwigPastorius Friday #18
Including BumRushDaShow Saturday #19
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