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The McRib contains same chemical in yoga mats.

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Also azodicarbonamide is a safe chemical and there is no evidence that it causes health issues, at all. It is used in most forms of baking and toxicology has shown it to convert to a chemical that the body disposes of easily and rapidly.

The reason it is used in plastics and foam pads is because it decomposes in a way that causes gases to form in the plastic leading to the foamyness. This decomposition happens at high temperatures. And when I say decompose, I mean " releases gases that are trapped in its molecule such as nitrogen and co2"

Not exactly cyanide now is it?
 
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GobBluth said:
So don't eat McRibs because you will be ingesting the same artifically synthetic chemicals (not corn or wheat or barley or whatever else you want to argue) that are used to make plastics

How are you missing this?

Ya know, nevermind.... just nevermind. Continue your gluttonous indulgences.
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There are a ton of fucking chemicals that are like that and will do zero harm to you. I will continue my gluttonous indulgences, thanks.

related:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2261400
 
Fritzo said:
Exaaaaccctttlllyyyy.....except for that first part.

And that middle part.

I guess the end has too go to an AW HELL THE WHOLE REPLY IS WRONG.

You're supposed to go "Oh! They use food items in manufacturing all the time! I guess that article is just a way to make people think 'Ugh...that food I like is gross.'"
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You sir are an imbecile.

Again, for the 3rd time. The article has nothing to do with food used in manufacturing.... it has to do with compounds of plastic used in food..
 
HardcoreRobot said:
why do you feel the need to be an internet crusader on this issue?

just let people eat what they want to eat..
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Not really a crusader on the issue, was meant to be an informative post. I don't give a shit what people eat.

I am, however, blown away by some of these arguments. i.e. corn is to paint as azodicarbonamide is to a mcrib..
 
GobBluth said:
Not really a crusader on the issue, was meant to be an informative post. I don't give a shit what people eat.

I am, however, blown away by some of these arguments. i.e. corn is to paint as azodicarbonamide is to a mcrib..
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Once again. More reading. Less making yourself look ignorant of what is entailed in food production.
 
GobBluth said:
Not really a crusader on the issue, was meant to be an informative post. I don't give a shit what people eat.

I am, however, blown away by some of these arguments. i.e. corn is to paint as azodicarbonamide is to a mcrib..
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not really much of a reader either apparently
 
pelov said:
Here you go, OP.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azodicarbonamide

Water is also used to make plastics. Next step is hopefully the banning of H2O.

Alternatively, perhaps we can ban people who speak out of their asses. Granted, I think banning H2O might be considerably easier...
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BAN Dihydrogen monoxide!!!

Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.

Should I be concerned about Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Yes, you should be concerned about DHMO! Although the U.S. Government and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) do not classify Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and benzene), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.

http://www.dhmo.org/
 
It's pretty sad that people with no clue about these things clutch onto something so mundane and ordinary and blow it up in order to have an agenda to strive for, conveniently leaving out any trace of why the chemical in question is dangerous. (PS. you refute science with science, not with sordid and baseless hypotheses)

I had a similar discussion with my parents a few weeks ago over dinner. They were uttering something about "chemicals," as if the word chemicals was a bad thing. Clearly they meant "certain synthetic chemicals used in the processing of food" and shortened it to just the word chemicals. Obviously they didn't know what class of chemicals or which specific chemical, but whatever. Off to a great start, please tell me more...

Suffice it to say, their thoughts on the matter were gobbled up and discarded about as quickly as the steak that I had for dinner that night. It pisses me off that people are so outright lazy that they won't read up on the thing via some 5-minute Google wizardry, but they're more than willing to toss their shit-for-brains opinion around as if it's worth a damn.

Thank Jesus, Allah, Xenu, Yoda, and Cthulhu that these people aren't partaking in the peer review process.
 
NikolaeVarius said:
I can't help but notice the OP isn't posting anymore.
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That's unfortunate. In case he's reading, here's some info:

Azodicarbonamide is used as a bleaching agent in flour. In case some of you don't know, flour isn't actually white. It becomes white after a bleaching process where the darker brown pigment is stripped and leaves behind that white powder we know as flour. Any bread based food you eat that is white goes through this process, and yes, that includes your white organic bread you buy from your local organic foods store.

Toxicokinetic data on azodicarbonamide (CAS No. 123-
77-3) are limited, but the chemical appears to be well absorbed
by the inhalation and oral routes in rodents. Substantial
quantities of the substance remain unabsorbed from the
gastrointestinal tract and are passed out in the faeces. Azodicarbonamide is readily converted to biurea, the only
breakdown product identified, and it is likely that systemic
exposure is principally to this derivative rather than to the
parent compound. Elimination of absorbed azodicarbonamide/biurea is rapid, occurring predominantly via the urine,
and there is very little systemic retention of biurea.
Azodicarbonamide is of low acute toxicity and does not
cause skin, eye, or respiratory tract irritation in experimental
animals. Results from a poorly conducted skin sensitization
study were negative, and there was no evidence of an
asthmatic-type response in guinea-pigs in one study. No
adverse effects were observed in experimental animals inhaling
up to 200 mg/m
3
for up to 13 weeks. Repeated oral exposures
resulted in the appearance of pyelonephritis with casts and
crystalline deposits in renal tubuli in several species. However,
the dose levels required to induce these effects were high (>200
mg/kg body weight per day in studies of up to 1 year’s
duration)
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Here's the WHO (World Health Organization) study
http://www.who.int/ipcs/publications/cicad/en/cicad16.pdf

blablabla, it basically goes on to state that inhalation of the chemical may be a concern if a large amount is inhaled. Amounts that you'll never inhale unless you're into snorting it. Due to its close resemblance of urea (Azodicarbonamide is converted into Biurea in the bread-making process) it easily excreted via the urine. It can potentially cause allergic reactions, particularly for those people sensitive to azo compounds, or R-chains off of the double bonded Nitrogen. These are commonly found in food coloring, so if you've got an issue with food coloring you'll likely have issues with McDonald's McRibs.
 
Ns1 said:
BAN Dihydrogen monoxide!!!

Dihydrogen Monoxide (DHMO) is a colorless and odorless chemical compound, also referred to by some as Dihydrogen Oxide, Hydrogen Hydroxide, Hydronium Hydroxide, or simply Hydric acid. Its basis is the highly reactive hydroxyl radical, a species shown to mutate DNA, denature proteins, disrupt cell membranes, and chemically alter critical neurotransmitters. The atomic components of DHMO are found in a number of caustic, explosive and poisonous compounds such as Sulfuric Acid, Nitroglycerine and Ethyl Alcohol.

Should I be concerned about Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Yes, you should be concerned about DHMO! Although the U.S. Government and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) do not classify Dihydrogen Monoxide as a toxic or carcinogenic substance (as it does with better known chemicals such as hydrochloric acid and benzene), DHMO is a constituent of many known toxic substances, diseases and disease-causing agents, environmental hazards and can even be lethal to humans in quantities as small as a thimbleful.

http://www.dhmo.org/
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One of the first known crusaders against the toxic scourge of Dihydrogen Monoxide was the noted sciological observer William Claude Dukenfield, who said of the noxious pseudo-carcinogen, "I never drink DHMO. Kids pee in it, fish swim in it."

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It sucks that most of the stuff you get in the restaurant or even grocery stores is fake these days.

What pisses me off is natural products that arn't actually what they are sold as. Ex: Maple Syrup. If you look at the ingredients, it's not actually maple syrup, it's just synthetically made to be like it. A lot of food products are like this and you would not even realize until you do research/check ingredients.
 
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