Researches from Mount Sinai School of Medicine has found that childhood obesity may related to phthalates used in food packaging.

Phthalates are used not only in food packaging industry not also in toys, hair sprays, shampoos, nail polishs, soaps, lotions, lubricants, paint, pesticides and cosmetics. Earlier findings showed phthalates causes several adverse on on human health. [...]

Methyl yellow is a yellow colored chemical compound that is generally used as a pH indicator. The molecular formula of this compound is C14H15N3 and its chemical name is 4-Dimethylaminoazobenzene. At below pH 2.9, methyl yellow turns to red and at above pH 4.9 it remains yellow. It was used to used as food additive [...]

Food additives are substances that can not be consumed alone as a food, can not be used as raw material of food products, have/not have nutritional value alone, are used during process, packing and storing of the food products to preserve or improve the flavor, odor, structure, appearance or color of the product.

Food additieves are [...]