Maybe the Prohibitionists Were Right All Along
Would you trade your long-term lucidity for a regular glass of wine?
How about an existence of alienating yourself and others, but you get to feel a little loopy while doing it?
The normalization of habitual drinking — beer at a football game, wine with dinner, liquor at a party — allows for cases of excessive drinking to run rampant. Cases where devastating repercussions occur. Provided that alcohol’s popularity leads many down the path to addiction, why do we encourage its consumption in the first place? Maybe the Prohibitionists were right all along.
Pigments: Prevalent Yet Perilous
By Mia Hanuska
Foods with artificial dyes are chosen for their distinctive appearance, but the chemicals that comprise these eye-catching colors are distinctively toxic. Throughout the years, the restriction and label requirements of artificial food dyes has been a hot topic due to the negative symptoms they can cause. From cancer and behavior problems, to straight-out being manufactured from toxic materials, consumption of artificial colors is highly discussed across the world. Artificial food dyes cause behavior problems in children, therefore companies should be required to add a label warning parents about their negative effects.