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How companies sneak chemicals past the FDA and into our food

WBUR

Published June 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM CDT

There’s a sneaky way companies add new chemicals to our food. It’s there by design and totally legal.

NPR’s Sarah Gonzalez reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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