I Need Info...........

[IAintMovin]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

Titanium dioxide is the subject of new controversy, yet it is a substance as old as the earth itself. It is one of the top fifty chemicals produced worldwide. It is a white, opaque and naturally- occurring mineral found in two main forms: rutile and anatase. Both forms contain pure titanium dioxide that is bound to impurities. Titanium dioxide is chemically processed to remove these impurities, leaving the pure, white pigment available for use. Titanium dioxide has a variety of uses, as it is odorless and absorbent. This mineral can be found in many products, ranging from paint to food to cosmetics. In cosmetics, it serves several purposes. It is a white pigment, an opacifier and a sunscreen. Concern has arisen from studies that have pointed to titanium dioxide as a carcinogen and photocatalyst, thus creating fear in consumers. But are these claims true? What does the research on these allegations bear out? Would we as consumers benefit from avoiding this mineral to preserve our long-term health?

A carcinogen is a substance that causes a cellular malfunction, causing the cell to become cancerous and thus potentially lethal to the surrounding tissue and ultimately the body as these rapidly growing mutated cells take over. With the surge in cancer rates among all segments of the population, many people are attempting to reduce or eliminate their exposure to carcinogens. Titanium dioxide is regarded as an inert, non-toxic substance by many regulatory bodies such as the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) and others charged with the responsibility of safeguarding the health of occupational workers and public health. The MSDS states that titanium dioxide can cause some lung fibrosis at fifty times the nuisance dust, defined by the US Department of Labor as 15 mg/m cubed (OSHA) or 10 mg/m cubed (ACGIH Threshold Limit Value). The ACGIH states that titanium dioxide is "not classifiable as a human carcinogen". Symptoms of chronic overexposure to titanium dioxide in an industrial setting, according to the MSDS, include a "slight increase in lung tumour incidence in lab rats". It also states "when titanium dioxide was fed to rats/mice in a carcinogen bioassay, it was not carcinogenic". The NIOSH declares that at 5000 mg/m cubed there was slight lung fibrosis, concluding that this substance was carcinogenic in rats.

The NIOSH declaration of carcinogenicity in rats is based on a study by Lee, Trochimowicz & Reinhardt, "Pulmonary Response of Rats Exposed to Titanium Dioxide by Inhalation for Two Years" (1985). The authors of this study found that rats chronically exposed to excessive dust loading of 250 mg/m cubed and impaired clearance mechanisms within the rat, for six hours per day, five days per week for two years, developed slight lung tumours. They also noted that the biological relevance of this data to lung tumours in humans is negligible. It is important to note that rats are known to be an extremely sensitive species for developing tumours in the lungs when overloaded with poorly soluble, low toxicity dust particles. Rat lungs process particles very differently compared to larger mammals such as dogs, primates or humans (Warheit, 2004). This sensitivity in the lungs has not been observed in other rodent species such as mice or hamsters (Warheit, 2004), therefore using the rat model to determine carcinogenicity of titanium dioxide in humans can be misleading, as extrapolation of species-specific data to humans is erroneous.

Many organizations and businesses have perpetuated this assessment of the carcinogenicity of titanium dioxide (ewg.org). However, several studies and study reviews have been used to compile the safety disclaimers for the regulations on the permitted use of titanium dioxide. One such study review took place in Rome, 1969 between the World Health Organization and the Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Cross species analyses were performed and reviewed for possible toxicity of titanium dioxide. The conference concluded that among the following species: rats, dogs, guinea pigs, rabbits, cats and human males, ingestion of titanium dioxide at varying diet percentages and over long periods of time did not cause absorption of this mineral. Titanium dioxide particulates were not detected in the blood, liver, kidney or urine and no adverse effects were noted from its ingestion. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (2002) allows for its ingestion, external application including the eye area, and considers it a safe substance for public health. Other epidemiological studies showed that workers exposed to titanium dioxide exhibited no statistically significant relationship between such exposure with lung cancer and respiratory disease, although some cases of pulmonary fibrosis did occur. These studies were conducted in industrial settings where the increased exposure puts these individuals more at risk than the average person.

uhhhhhhhhh...........is there somethin bout oreos in there????????????

[BoredOutOfMyMind]

Originally Posted by IAintMovin

uhhhhhhhhh...........is there somethin bout oreos in there????????????

Titanium Dioxide is the component that makes Oreos White.

It is the same powder in the paint on the Space Shuttle.



















( I don't pull em apart- I like them as they are)

[IAintMovin]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

Titanium Dioxide is the component that makes Oreos White.

It is the same powder in the paint on the Space Shuttle.



















( I don't pull em apart- I like them as they are)

Sainnnnner ............. I tell ya............sainer for sure..........pray church pray.........

[Scott Hutchinson]

I guess I'm the only saved in this bunch ,I eat chips ahoy cookies oreos a compromise cookie.

[ForeverBlessed]

Don't eat oreo's... however, I do like the ice cream ... the times that I have had it.

I don't like those processed sweets... if I am gonna waste calories.. it will be on something homemade. I'd rather have food over sweet stuff any day.

I would agree with the milk people though... cookies need dunked in milk.. regardless of what type.

[True Believer]

Originally Posted by IAintMovin

Well when you said you didnt like choc. and peanuts together it reminded me......


Pastor went to visit an old saint in the nursing home.....by her bed was a bowl of peanuts...........as he visited he ate her peanuts and then realized he has eaten them all.........he said "I am sorry sister.... I didnt mean to eat all your peanuts....she responded......oh that is all right pastor I done........































licked all the choc. off of them.............

Ok, this is a true story, told by my pastor (who shall remain nameless because some of you might know him )

He was in Bible school at the time and he and this friend of his were out eating at a fast food place and like always his friend took the pickles off his burger and set them on the side of his plate. The pastor eventually took the pickles and ate them. He said something to his friend about he hoped he didn't get mad for eating his pickles and his friend said it was ok because he had already licked them off.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Chips Ahoy cookies are what really saved people eat.

[tamor]

Take the cookie apart and eat one side at a time.

[Subdued]

Originally Posted by IAintMovin

Actually the best way is to take two Double Stuff's and get the cookie off of one side of each of them and then put the two with icing back together and eat them .....

This is the only PROPER way to eat them!

Do this with four cookies, eat the four pieces w/no icing first (to get rid of them); then eat the remaining "two" Oreos with QUADRUPLE(sp?) Stuff... thus, saving the best for last.