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Titanium Dioxide: E171 First Enters the Blood Via the Mouth

2023-05-21

Titanium Dioxide: E171 First Enters the Blood Via the Mouth

The use of E171 in food has been banned in Europe since 2022. Pioneering work by INRAE has shown that this food additive passes into the bloodstream and has toxic effects in the intestine. In recent work, INRAE researchers, in collaboration with the LNE, have taken their analysis a step further. The results, published on 17 May in Nanotoxicology, show that the nanoparticles that make up this...