Pick up any packaged food from a grocery store shelf and you?re bound to find a few strange additives on the ingredients list. But a new policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that while all these chemicals have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), that doesn?t mean they?re safe for kids.
The report highlights a number of chemicals that can interfere with children?s hormones, cause problems with development and lead to obesity, and calls on the urgent need to reform the food additive regulatory process.

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