BHA, BHT(preservative)
- Report on Carcinogens, 14th Edition; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program, CAS No. 25013-16-5, “Carcinogenicity”.
- Report on Carcinogens, 14th Edition; U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Toxicology Program, CAS No. 25013-16-5, “Cancer Studies in Experimental Animals”
- Common dog food brands that contain this ingredient:
- Ethoxyquin
- Scientific research behind Ethoxyquin
- Błaszczyk, Alina, Augustyniak, Aleksandra, Skolimowski, Janusz, Ethoxyquin: An Antioxidant Used in Animal Feed, International Journal of Food Science, 2013, 585931, 12 pages, 2013. https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/585931
- Egloff S, Pietsch C (2018) Ethoxyquin: a feed additive that poses a risk for aquatic life. Dis Aquat Org 131:39-48 https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03279
- Why it is hard to regulate, it enters the supply chain indirectly, has ambiguous and outdated labeling rules, and has a safety threshold that regulators recommended lowering but that regulators never legally enforced.
- Solution: human grade dog food, or dog food that avoids fish ingredients
- Food dyes(red 20, blue 2, yellow 5 and 6)
- Scientific research behind food dyes
- Zhang Q, Chumanevich AA, Nguyen I, Chumanevich AA, Sartawi N, Hogan J, Khazan M, Harris Q, Massey B, Chatzistamou I, Buckhaults PJ, Banister CE, Wirth M, Hebert JR, Murphy EA, Hofseth LJ. The synthetic food dye Red 40 causes DNA damage, colonic inflammation, and impacts the microbiome in mice. Toxicol Rep. 2023 Sep 6;11:221-232. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2023.08.006. PMID: 37719200; PMCID: PMC10502305.
- Kobylewski, S., & Jacobson, M. F. (2012). Toxicology of food dyes. International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, 18(3), 220–246. https://doi.org/10.1179/1077352512Z.00000000034
- Common dog food brands that contain this ingredient:
- Alpo
- Pedigree
- Purina
- Gravy Train
- Rachel Ray Nutrish
