Research: Food Additives

Start by learning about the different types of food additives. The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a great basic source. Start with this page:
https://cspinet.org/protecting-our-health/food-safety

CSPI also has a list of currently allowed additives which may cause problems:
https://cspinet.org/new/200804291.html

This letter from Mitchell Cheeseman summarizes the Food and Drug Administration's opinion of food additives and their effects, especially on children:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3261955/

This website gives a good explanation of someissues related to artificial additives. It also quotes Schlosser.
https://www.pccmarkets.com/sound-consumer/2010-08/sc1008-flavor-industry/

Here is the Eric Schlosser article that is in Fast Food Nation about food additives.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/apr/07/features.weekend

CSPI has a list of food additives from the past which are now illegal:
https://cspinet.org/banned-additives

Why so some foods need artificial flavors? Look up this article on Ebscohost:
Some Additional Flavoring. By Adams, Paul, Popular Science, 01617370, May2012, Vol. 280, Issue 5