CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Palm Kernel Oil, Apple Cider Vinegar, Chicken Soup

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: David Harpp

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Shoppers drug mart ad: made with no caffeine, sodium or scientists . Media plays a large part in food scares: ex. La presse a toxic wax on fruits and vegetables . The wax prevents the fruit from drying up: morpholine: added to make it easier to apply the wax. By itself its not dangerous, but there"s a concern that morpholine converts with naturally occurring chemicals in the body to form nitrosomorpholine. In very high amounts in animals, nitrosomorpholine is a carcinogen: health canada: morpholine as used in apple coating does not represent a risk to human health . Nitrates in vegetables: ex. cabbage: nitrates are naturally present reacts with amines in the body to form nitrosamines. In very high amounts in animals, nitrosamines is a carcinogen: difficult to prove that it"s a carcinogen. Scary news sells in newspapers: aldous huxley: an exciting truth is often eclipsed by a thrilling lie .