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prosciencemum 
How did you think science worked if not like this?
Everything we consume we have "safety tested" by trial and error - including all natural foods. Obviously a lot of that was done in pre-history, but the same principle applies.
Obviously research is done and products developed through testing.
Policy makers, however, present a dumbed down, black and white view: this is how it is, we know what we're doing, no need to ask questions.
It is interesting, therefore, to read a mainstream article which discusses a fundamental lack of understanding, on the part of scientists, of how these chemical cocktails operate in the body.
What did you think I meant if not this? Personally I find it offensive when someone responds to every move of big moneymaking drug developers by clapping their hands and chanting, "oh, isn't it sooo reassuring!!!" But that's just me.
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