yamitamiko:

real-live-dragon:

timepunkspg:

the chemical mentioned in the article… like only if you ate 100kg of mac and cheese in one sitting… that’s how much it’d take to be toxic.

well i know what the fuck and how the fuck much im doing for dinner today

REMEMBER PEOPLE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POISON AND LITERALLY ANYTHING IS THE DOSE

IF YOU’RE REALLY DETERMINED YOU CAN OVERDOSE ON POTASSIUM VIA BANANAS. YOU CAN OVERDOSE ON FLUORIDE TOOTHPASTE. YOU CAN EVEN OVERDOSE ON WATER BUT YOU HAVE TO GO FAR BEYOND WHAT A REASONABLE PERSON WOULD CONSUME FOR IT TO EVEN BE A PROBLEM.

so when clickbait bullshit like this comes up or people say MSG or sweet&low is ~toxic~ ask how big the dose was that they gave the lab rats before they developed issues and typically the answer is something like ‘their entire body weight every single day’

i mean this is just kraft blue box but the same ‘logic’ is used to say tiny trace amounts of preservative in vaccines are dangerous because if a pound of it can kill you then clearly a molecule and a half will kill you too