ENG 101- Identifying a Topic of Interest by Anam Navied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork About the way food is produced, current regulations, and effects en-us 2016-08-26 02:07:21 UTC 2025-09-24 04:11:41 UTC hello@padlet.com anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964104 2016-08-26 02:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964104 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964282 2016-08-26 02:18:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964282 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964502 This book exposes the harmful conditions of immigrants who are forced to work in Florida tomato fields and the effects of the chemicals which are being used to cultivate the tomatoes. It is very similar to how Sinclair exposed the shocking conditions of the meat industry in the 1900s.]]> 2016-08-26 02:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119964502 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965033 While the FDA does its best to determine the safety of food additives, they are more than 2000 and even the FDA isn't sure about the exact number!]]> 2016-08-26 02:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965033 Chemicals are almost always added to foods, but is it a good or bad thing? anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965763 2016-08-26 02:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965763 This can prevent food spoilage and the addition vitamins and minerals in common foods can combat deficiencies in impoverished areas. anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965857 2016-08-26 02:36:02 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119965857 Additives can also serve the role of extra salt, fat, sugar, and color which have no benefits and have been linked to a rise in diseases. anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119966291 2016-08-26 02:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119966291 During production crops are sprayed with pesticides. Consumers worry about resulting food safety, but this prevents crop spoilage. anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119967067 2016-08-26 02:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119967067 In Immokalee, FL the immigrant workers who work in the fields are often sprayed with pesticides along with the crops. Pregnant women also work in this toxic environment, which has resulted in births of limbless newborns- a rare case that is becoming all too common in this area. (Tomatoland) anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119967289 2016-08-26 02:50:59 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119967289 Fruits are often ripened ahead of time by gassing them. One popular chemical used to do this is methyl iodide. It was approved by the EPA in the Bush era, despite many scientists pointing out that the chemical caused "cancer hazards...neurological damage, and fetal losses". (Tomatoland) anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119968548 2016-08-26 03:04:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119968548 Iodine is added to salt to prevent a deficiency. anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119970440 2016-08-26 03:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119970440 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119970780 2016-08-26 03:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119970780 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971071 2016-08-26 03:37:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971071 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971098 2016-08-26 03:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971098 Questions to ask: anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971965 How can food safety regulations be made more effective? Can additives be re-assessed in light of increase in disease and obesity?
Can the FDA take a stronger say in food production such as what chemicals/pesticides workers can be exposed to and work to remove toxic ones even if they are beneficial to quick food production?]]> 2016-08-26 03:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119971965 anavied https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119972583 2016-08-26 04:00:43 UTC https://padlet.com/anavied/ezwue7pzlork/wish/119972583