Quote of the Day: More Preservatives, Please

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| Mon Sep. 13, 2010 9:21 PM PDT

From Robert Waldmann, responding to criticism of preservatives in food:

I stress this post is not a joke. I think that BHA and BHT are good for people's health. I even think that use of BHA and BHT are partly responsible for the increase in life expectancy since they were introduced.

You may read his reasoning here.

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