Bacon sales are dropping as consumers avoid products cured with nitrites, a controversial additive linked to cancer. So how ...

Oscar Mayer is touting its new hot dog recipe that uses nitrite derived from celery juice instead of artificial sodium nitrite, which is used to preserve the pinkish colors of processed meats and ...

A study published in BMJ Public Health highlights a concerning trend of suicide by poisoning using the common food ...

Nitrates and nitrites give processed meats their characteristic pink color and robust flavor. Although many consumers want to limit consumption of these preservatives because the substances can form ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. In conclusion, these data suggest that inhaled nitrite is a potent and selective vasodilator of pulmonary circulation of the ...

A Colorado father, driven by grief, is pushing to make Colorado among the first states in the country to regulate the sale of sodium nitrite. The preservative, used to cure meat, is deadly in its ...