• Question: @Elaine, is there any foods with hidden poison or toxins in them?

    Asked by Aves_24608 to Elaine, Ciara, Golnaz, Gonzalo, Yannis, Yvonne on 14 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by 786fddk47.
    • Photo: Ciara O'Donovan

      Ciara O'Donovan answered on 14 Nov 2017:


      No there are no poisons in foods but some compounds of certain foods are not great for us in large amounts over long periods of time.. everything in moderation though!

    • Photo: Gonzalo Delgado-Pando

      Gonzalo Delgado-Pando answered on 14 Nov 2017:


      There shouldn’t be any poisons or toxins in our food. The companies and the government check that the food is safe to eat. However it can happen that they have and we might get sick, but this is less and less frequent because nobody wants to harm the people with its food.

    • Photo: Elaine Kennedy

      Elaine Kennedy answered on 15 Nov 2017:


      Like Ciara and Gonzalo have said the foods we eat don’t contain hidden poison or toxins, some foods exist which can be poisonous but they are rare. Things like the liver of the puffer fish contains really harmful toxins or the seeds of the castor oil plant contain ricin which is a really dangerous toxin. Like I said these things are really rare but they do exist!

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